Spring arrived with a covering of snow. We woke on Monday to a good covering of the white stuff and a two hour delay to the start of school.
It continued snowing until mid-morning and by the time the kids got home from school they were itching to get out and build something.
While the 6yo began the construction of a snow fort, his sister built a little snowman. The only help from mummy was to lift the three balls into a stack :) She was so proud of herself, and her snowman!
While she was doing this, her brother was busy building a fort.
He needed big snowballs and I have to say, they are heavy to push so I stepped in and rolled the balls for him. I was told exactly where to put them, and I wasn’t allowed to stop until he had enough! As I rolled, he filled in the walls between the snowballs…
He and his sister got comfy inside the fort, and of course, it couldn’t be without fortifications…
As the day got colder I grabbed a last couple of shots of the fort, knowing that it was likely to be gone within a day.
As it happens, it hung on, like a snowy Stonehenge, for a couple of days. Those snowballs were big!
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Now that is good fun. Completely envious of your snow, as we only had a sprinkling. Love the photo of the wee girl relaxing in the fort. as one does. #CountryKids
It was good, and I had fun joining in with the fort building :)
So impressed with that fort and love your description of it, ‘like a snowy Stonehenge’! That snowman is awesome too and your daughter’s pride is well deserved – I love all photographs. My daughters haven’t grown up with the magic of snowfall and would really enjoy and cherish the time to build forts and snowmen – I must try and organise a snow filled holiday for them!
I do feel lucky that the kids get to experience both proper winters and wonderful summers here, I love the climate (although only a couple of inches of snow at a time is good!).
Another dumping of snow, I’ve given up hope here for another year now. It looks like good building snow too and the children both did so well. I love how Wee girl finished her snowman and came to check out her brother’s fort. I’m glad it hung on for a while to be fully admired. Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids
I’d be surprised if we get anymore snow now, hopefully this will now see us properly into spring :) She loved making her snowman, but helping a big brother always wins in the end!
Those are seriously big snowballs! I’m impressed that they both knew what they wanted to build and were able to do it without a lot of help from you.
The wee girl was very focused and the 6yo just needed brute force to finish rolling the snowballs!
Wow some great fort building there. I am very jealous of your snow! :-) #countrykids
It was a lot of fun! We’ve had just the right amount of snow this year. For me anyway: the kids can play, but then it melts! Last year’s nine feet that hung around for months, wasn’t quite so much fun :)
Love the snow fort, and wee girl getting comfy in there! Looks like they had a blast!
They really did. Loved it when the wee girl sat down and got comfy :)
The look of concentration on their faces is priceless, love the idea of a fort, can’t imagine us ever getting enough snow to build one here sadly #CountryKids
They were very focused! You’d be surprised how many snowballs you can get by snaking carefully across a lawn!
Your snow photos are always amazing. Also you guys think of the ‘funnest’ things to do in the snow too :) Hope you and your family have a lovely Easter. xx #countrykids.
Thank you Dean! It’s amazing what you can come up with when you have snow regularly :) My 6yo has a wonderful imagination x
I do love seeing your snowy pictures. Looks like your kids have so much fun with it all. For weeks I’ve been dreaming about sunshine but I may now have a little snow envy haha x
Ha! I’m still holding out for the sunshine to be honest :)
Love this – am a little envious of your snow as your children look like they are having so much fun out in it. Love the wee girl’s snowman and your 6yo’s fort – those are very impressive snowballs! :-)
I may still not be a massive fan, but I do love watching the kids play in the snow :)
That’s good building work from both of them. They were obviously very focused.
They were, and they had such fun too :) My son does love a project!
Awww this is one of the reason why I want snow! You can be creative when you have some ice and theres endless posibility! #countrykids
I have to say, my 6yo definitely gets creative :)
The snow is giving me flashbacks of when we were in the US and kept thinking the snow season was over! Love the idea of building a fort!
I know! Every time I think we’re done I look at the forecast and think, ugh :)
That is so amazing – I would have never of thought to build a fort. Can you send some snow this way next winter though please? x
I will try :)
That’s an impressive fort, I love the idea of building something the kids can then play in. When we do get a little bit of snow the kids are just too tempted to fling it at each other, so we never end up with enough to build anything! #countrykids
My 6yo always wants to build something :)