snow fort

We had a good cold streak going for a while. It was the kind of cold where you don't really want to leave your house-- even a few days where you would cough if you breathed too deeply.  But we got a ton of snow over that period of time. The only problem was that the snow we got was rather 'dry' powder and not very good for building anything.  Isaac has been wanting to build an igloo for quite a while now. Yesterday it was a balmy 42 degrees outside. The snow had started to melt, but we have so much that it just kinda created some nice wet, packing snow.  It was perfect weather and perfect snow... the perfect recipe for a little igloo action.  I wasn't sure how we were going to make a regular dome shaped igloo, so I talked him into a pretty neat fort that he could hide in during snowball fights and stuff.  We worked outside for a good 2.5 hours.  We'd take breaks for snowball fights and giggles. It was such a beautiful day and my boy was in heaven.  Heck, I was too.  It was so nice to be able to concentrate on that moment in time and enjoy it to its fullest.

** side note-  Do you like my Columbia circa 2004?! I keep it just for activities like this.