Snowman Competition

 Mid-February we had a wonderful snowfall with deep snow that was perfect for snowmen!

 I got plenty of exercise helping...after all it was my idea that the snowmen be up by the driveway where they could be seen, and not down the hill where they would be unobserved.

 Nathan decided to not do a "snowman" but a snow sculpture of a different sort.

 Daniel liked the traditional snowman and wasn't too fussy about how straight the balls were on.

 Matthew and Melanie worked together.

 Evelyn refused to work on anything up the hill. In fact, she decided to make a chair instead.

 She was pretty good at manipulating the snow and was happy with the shape her chair was becoming.

 Hard at work. Note the wooden ramp used for rolling up the middle snowballs.

 Adding features!

 Observing the effect from the driveway...

 "Mom I need your help!"

 Daniel's snowman is finished!

 "Wah!! I can't get my boots off by myself!"

Now that the snowmom is done, Melanie and Matthew add a snowbaby.

 But Jennifer was the one who's idea is was to have a snowbaby. She didn't bother adding decorations...but stuck to shaping her snowpeople.

 Nathan said his snow penguin took about 3 hours to complete.

 He won the prize for the most creative snow creation.

 There were also prizes for the littlest snowman, the biggest snowman, the cutest snowman, the .... 'til everyone won. ;)