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As a kid, I remember how fun it was, playing in the snow at Big Bear Lake or Lake Arrowhead.  But now as a parent, playing in the snow is a HUGE pain!  It’s not just bundling up the kids for the cold…it’s bundling them up for the snow.  Each one has boots, snow clothes, gloves, hats, jackets…let’s just say it’s quite the commitment when you tell the kids they can play in the snow.  But, Emily and I made it a point to let the kids play in the snow for a bit today.  I guess the Yap’s had the same thought…so we met them (and some neighbors) in the middle.  Well…more the Yap’s backyard…anyway, here are the pics.

We’ll start backwards, with the finished product.  A snowman!  A huge one!  In spite of the group pose and the satisfied looks of completion on their faces, it was Mitch that did most of the work!  Rolling and lifting these snowman body parts is not easy work!  Actually, I think this snowman probably weighed more than any of these kids!  If you look carefully, in between Bekah’s head and the snowman’s head, you can see Noah.  He had fun playing in the snow.  But when Lillian brought out the raisens to make the snowman’s face, Noah grabbed a box, walked over to the house, plopped down on the steps, and just stuffed his face with raisins for the rest of the play time.  Thanks Lillian for the raisens…and thanks for taking some of these pics, I can’t believe my battery died!

Division of labor.  Bekah making snowballs.  Juli and Kay making a snow fort.  Luke and Jesse rolling up the Snowman’s body.

Kay and Bekah were super sealed for the snow.  Snow boots, cool overallish outfits, down jackets, hat and gloves.  A long checklist, but after they were suited up, it was great!  I didn’t have to worry about them at all, just let them loose in the snow!  Noah was a differnet story.  He had no gloves and had the tendency to stick his fingers in the snow until the cold became painful!  I had to keep an extra eye the little guy.

It looks like they are incubating HUGE eggs!

Whenever this dog comes running out, 2 things always happen at the same time.  Kay and Bekah run screaming away, as if its some kind of dangerous pitbull.  But Noah, runs right towards it.  He’s never actually caught up to it…I wonder what he’d do if he got his hands on it.

What’s Juli got in her hand?

A snowball!

Bekah rolling, rolling, and rolling…

…up a seat!

Here’s Mitch doing the heavy rolling…

…and the heavy lifting.

At home, in the warm living room, by the fire, drinking a hot bowl of soup.  Perfect way to end playtime in the snow.

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