Fluffy

After dinner tonight, Dan and Finley put on their snow gear for a little before-bed-snow-play. First, Dan taught Finley how to make a snowball and how to throw it.  Then, the main event: building a snowman. Finley used his shovel to help Dan pile up the snow and then Dan shaped it into a decent looking snow person.  Dan commented it has been quite some time since he built a snowman and it wasn't as easy as he had expected :)

There was a knock on the back door and the boys requested a carrot nose and some things for eyes and a mouth.  All we had were baby carrots in the fridge, but I found the longest baby carrot in the bag and then looked for other facial accessories.  As much as I knew Dan wouldn't be thrilled, I put some of his beloved chocolate almonds (from costco) in a bowl and carried them outside with the not-so-baby baby carrot and Baby Dagny.

The carrot went in without too much trouble and so did the eyes, but the mouth was another story.  We asked Finley if his snowman needed a mouth and he said, "yes!!" but after one more failed effort--I persuaded him to just ask Dan to put on some buttons.  A successful compromise.  While Dan was putting on the chocolate almond buttons, Finley said he wanted to name his snowman, Fluffy.  Good choice!

Dan took some photos before we all headed in.

 

Here's how Fluffy looked the next morning in the light of day.

Now that afternoon when we got home from school, the eyes and carrot were gone and we suspected a squirrel had eaten them so Finley was crushed.  But to his joy, they had just fallen out as the snow melted a bit and we replaced them.  It will be 50 degrees tomorrow...so Fluffy may not be long for this world...

I know Finley will be thrilled to see Fluffy each time we drive in and out of the house!