When we had snow on Christmas Day, I decided JDaniel would need to have his first snowman. At first, he was interested in helping roll the snow into balls. After a few minutes, he picked up his shovel and moved to a different part of the yard to dig in the snow and do work.
I continued to work on the snowman building a second and third snowball. Each ball was a little smaller so that it could be stacked to create the man of snow.
Once the man was assembled I let JDaniel and my husband know I was going inside to get the materials needed to add a face to the snowman. I knew how large I had made the head and grabbed pickles, olives, and carrots that would fit on his face.
When I returned, the snowman had a fourth snowball added to him right on top of the head I had made. I am guessing my husband added the head although no one stepped forward to claim the tiny ball of snow as their creation.
I tried to make the materials I had brought out work. They just didn’t fit this minuscule head. I grabbed a John Deere hat and JDaniel’s sunglasses out of the garage and tried to make the snowman look better.
There was only one way to fix this problem. The small head had to go and the original head then became the top ball and thus the head. I was then able to place the face materials on the snowman minus the pickles which somehow disappeared along with several teeth. Although no one claims to have eaten them my guess is JDaniel has a snowy snack.
I think this snowman looks much better.
Snowmen can be tricky.
My neighbors did one that was about 10 balls tall. It towered in their yard – and I have no clue how they pulled it off. They must’ve had a huge ladder or something.
Cute! =)
Lol, I love the two snowmen. I made one for Georgia that was toddler-sized. She was less excited than I thought she’d be, though she enjoyed “holding hands” with her frosty friend.
My kids are laughing. They are saying: “Mom, a snow man can’t have hat! lol ”
I love your funny snowmen 🙂
I love that your son had an opinion in his snowman making! Very cute!!
~Mimi @ Woven by Words
Don’t tell JDaniel, but I like the sunglasses and baseball cap better! 🙂
Hey, with the “missing teeth”, that snowman would fit right in here in Hillbilly Heaven (aka Tennessee)… :0)
What a great mom you are!! I have yet to build a snowman with my kids, our snow is soooo hard right now, I’m waiting for some new softer snow:)
hehe I love it!! Sammy didn’t like our finished product last time either 😛
Too cute~ I love that he is a snowman expert his first time at building one! Did JDaniel get more snow this week too?
Cute post! I have never made a snowman in my life!!! Maybe I should start…maybe I should move out of South Alabama…
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I like #2! So much fun!
Oh those are so cute! I think they are both cute, but Tobin was on my lap and he kept pointing at the bottom one so I guess he likes that one the best!
I like the second one too! We have yet to make a snowman #momfail
Awww…I like them both!
JDaniel’s first snowman…yippee!
This sounds like wayyy too much work! I think I’d have had to sit inside with a cup of hot tea! ha!
They are both super cute! And how fun that it was JDaniel’s first snowman. Such a fun memory for you both!
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I am insanely jealous you get to make snowmen with your child.
I think they’re both perfect.
Although I love both looks, there’s only one way to satisfy your son’s concerns. You need a big ol’ blizzard, correctamundo?
Love both of them!!
My kids want to make one, but our snow has been too “dry” not packable enough!
Really cute and great family fun-enjoy:@)
Hehehe! Thank you for the story about how the snowman came to be. 🙂
I love making snowmen.. THey are happy and they smile.. I liked the 1st one.. The sunglasses were so classy…made him look sophisticated.
Good Job~!~! ta ta for now from Iowa
wonderful snowman! they both look good to me 🙂
That’s hilarious! I LOVE the missing teeth 🙂
I love them both!
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Great post!
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How fun! I like both snowmen but I definitely thing the second one looks happier 🙂 How cute of JDaniel to be the judge of snowmen 🙂
We had snow, but the wind and temperature are against us..So no snowman for us just yet..
I like your snowman with his cool hat!
Love both the snowmen. They are really cute looking. I personally prefer the one in the 1st pic.
The Neatest thing is that JDaniel will always have these pictures to remember his first snow! Both SnowGuys are Neat, too! I do kinda like the one with missing teeth…is it time for the tooth fairy?
Cute story. My kids are really into snowpeople right now too!
~M
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It’s a sweet story and I like both snowmen equally!
Have a wonderful day.
Yoshi
That’s really nice. Our snowman has already melted in the rain so we’re waiting for another snowfall to try again.
Yep, snowman #2 is the winner.
Along with the pickle-eater, that is…
😉
Some of your posts just tickle me to the bone. I could just imagine my oldest criticizing my snowman in his squeaky little voice- if we had snow. Your little man is a character.
They both look great, at YOUR house, but I wouldn’t want them at MINE!!
Thats too funny! I can think of tooooo many times when my little boys were not so impressed with my creations.
I love snowmen and it would be so cool to be able to make one, here at our house!
Great post! I like snowmen and both of them are just sweet! Anne
Cute story! I like them both.
Hahaha, I can just imagine JDaniel picking off the olives and eating them….The first snowman looked rather cool. A young Groucho Marx.
lol
love this post
great job on the snowman!!!!!
They are both cute!