Frosty the Snowman

Monday afternoon we got a couple of more inches of snow and then some freezing rain set it. It actually made the fluffy snow from the blizzard the perfect consistency for a snowman! Tuesday evening Caroline and Daddy went out and made a snowman. I didn't participate in building him, but I got the materials and I couldn't wear gloves since I was taking pictures, so I get some credit for freezing too!

Caroline loves her Frosty. He has two eyes made out of baby portabella mushrooms, a nose made out of a baby carrot, and Mommy's scarf and hat! We had nothing for buttons and this bothered Caroline so she used a stick and poked button holes into him. Clever little girl :)

This was one of those in between shots, but it's hilarious. 

She looks like she is in a scene from the Godfather :)

Alan threw a snowball at her and she told him to stop. 

He told her to throw one back and she yelled, "Snowball fight!"

Frosty the next morning!

Of course, now it's been sunny so I am hoping he wont continue to lean when she wakes up from am nap!

The Day After

Once Alan finished cleaning up the rest of the snow at his folks, shop, our house etc. we went for a little ride around town. Mostly to see the sights and to get out of the house before cabin fever set in. We also had to make a run to the grocery store. Our post blizzard staple? Frozen spinach, yeah I bet we were the only ones getting this that day!

Nemo arrives!

Nemo did most of his damage overnight, although it continued to snow and we had strong winds for a good portion of the day. Fortunately, we had no damage and we didn't lose power! We had around 31 inches overall. The snow was very fluffy and combined with the winds we decided to keep Caroline indoors. We didn't want to lose her in it all! So, we stayed inside and played and baked while Daddy plowed and did a lot of shoveling!

 Alan had to wade out in this first thing, he was wet right to his hips!

 Can't go out this way guys!

 Caroline loved the snow drifts!

 Front porch that is covered got some thanks to the winds!

 Hmm, our meter is under there!

Why not have fun with it?

 I wish I had videotaped this! 

She was giggling so hard seeing snow on her windowsill!

 Not the brightest idea!

Down at Mother's Beach , Kennebunk

The Snow Arrives...

Friday morning Alan woke up to about 5 inches of snow on the ground. It wasn't supposed to start snowing until late morning, so he figured it was safe to go to work for half the day. With this much at 5 am, he decided to stay home. He headed out and grabbed the plow truck and Caroline and I woke up and checked out the snow. We spent the day preparing for Nemo to arrive later that night. This was just the pre-show of snow! We went out and played in the snow, shoveled the snow, plowed the snow, shoveled some more and tried to stay warm! At about 3pm, we had around 14 inches of snow on the deck and just an hour later the deck was pretty well covered again. We went to bed with Nemo upon us and wondered what we would wake up to!

Tucker getting settled in to plow

 Beginning the bundle up process for playing outside :)

 I tried to workout, but seeing this little face in the 

window kept me from it and I joined them minutes later :)

 Her pot quickly filled up with snow on the deck. 

The second time around it got buried too quickly and had to wait till we shoveled!

 Luckily, Caroline has her own mini snow shovel so she could help too!

Fortunately, when you are pretend sick Snow White makes house calls in a blizzard!

 Adding up again!

 Being silly :)

How the radar looked when we went to bed!