Sunday, December 20, 2009

Frosty the Snowman

There has been a little snow here in The Hague for the past few days. This morning, however, was the first really snowy day. Luckily for everyone, it is also a lazy sunday! After a late breakfast, Evie and Papa donned their snow gear and headed out to make a snowman.
Papa went right to work while Evie explored a little first.

It didn't take long for Evie to join in the fun!


With no carrots on hand and only white rocks in the garden, this snowman has a pickle nose and wasabi cracker eyes/buttons. The neighbor cat says, "Thank you."

Evie got very creative and original when naming this snow creation. Meet "Frosty the Snowman!"

Just like in the movie, Evie insisted on making a dance around the snowman.

Our activity yesterday was the crafting of a cardboard Christmas tree. We cut out little ornaments, including pictures of Evie's favorite holiday shows, then she got to glue them onto the tree. The resulting tree will hopefully be a part of our December decorations for years to come. Below you can see it in front of our live Christmas tree. Don't let the angle deceive you, our tree is no more than three feet tall.

4 comments:

PortlandPaw said...

I remember the snowman that Tom and Evie made here on Chebeague last year. I hope yours lasts longer than what became a lump of snow in the yard.

I'm glad to see you've updated your portraits at the top of your page -- and that Tom is finally dressed!

I'm off to the train/bus station now to pick up Kay-Kay. She made it OK into Boston and is coming up in a heavy snow storm that hasn't hit here yet... should be an adventure.

Bas en Wil op reis said...

hoi lieverds dat ziet er super uit we moesten echt even kijken hoor! Wij zijn bepakt en bezakt en readdy to go!! Nou hopen dat alles de lucht ingaat! tot vrijdag! Love you goodbye !

Katherine said...

So cool!! I love your holiday traditions - the Christmas tree is beeeauuutiful!! I love that Evie insisted on her and Papa dancing around the tree... so precious :) Love you guys!!!

Anonymous said...

Wat een prachtige sneeuwpop hebben juliie gemaakt!!!!! Hier ligt ook eem heel pak sneeuw en we hopen dat het er met kerst ook nog ligt.
liefs oma Els en opa Erno