Snow Fun

We really enjoyed the recent snowfall that we had. This family loves winter weather, and we made sure to go outside every single day and get the most out of it for the brief time that it was here. Living in KY, honestly we wished it snowed a little more often- but we will take what we can get! The snow is long gone now- but the pictures last a little longer thankfully. Maddie made her big brother Alex and I help her build a snowman. She named it Bubblegum. We also made snow paint a few days later. We had 6 big squeeze bottles but the paint went quickly, so not many creations were made. Especially since they insisted on thoroughly coating Bubblegum in rainbow colors. Next time, I will fill several gallon containers with each color of "paint" and then we can refill quickly and easily. We tried to make those frozen water balloon globes that I have been seeing around a lot lately. They didn't turn out as pretty as we had hoped. We left them outside in 16 degrees and less for two days and they even got snowed on, but a few weren't frozen all the way and they all still leaked food dye when we picked them up. We didn't mind that at all because it made the snow pretty. Hailey and Maddie rolled them around for awhile and then quickly lost interest. They didn't make very good decorations because they were kind of ugly up close. Somehow Alex and I got the idea to break them. That ended up being a colorful and super fun endeavor, so somehow we got the idea to film it in slow motion. Throwing frozen rocks at a precise spot hard enough to break is actually a LOT of work. We came inside a few hours later very hot. The end result was much better than the beginning. The broken pieces look a lot like giant sea glass- which is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world. For a few days, my tree was decorated, and it made me very happy. It also inspired me to do more with sea glass in the near future. Did you get any of that big snow snowstorm we had? Did you get to go play outside? Do you like cold?