Who wants to build a snowman?

  

The kids and I kept working on the snow pile today.  We added a jump, named Henry, and a turn at the bottom to keep us out of the bush....there was a lot of testing and adding snow here and there, lots of falling off the sled and landing in the bush... but I think we have it just right, finally, and we can have even more fun tomorrow!

 Isabella (left) and Aiden (right) have started to make snowmen out of chunks of snow they found along the edges of the driveway. They did find carrots and were using them for eyes and noses because they couldn't find any rocks...smh...I suppose tomorrow we will have to work on them a little bit more.
            
I also finished clearing the edges of the driveway today....and no I am not in shape so I am feeling it tonight...that's okay though, because I think we can get out of the house tomorrow if we so choose and that is a welcome option as we have day 5 of no school to look forward to tomorrow...
 
Our flock is right around 42 chickens, roosters and ducks now and they usually perform a grand mass exodus from the coop each morning, but the snow was something new to them and they were not quite sure about it even when there was very little on the ground.  So for the past few days they have been in tight quarters refusing to venture out into this new white stuff that is covering everything.  Yesterday a few of them finally decided they need some breathing room and came out and today a few more came out, but they didn't go far from the coop...at least most of them didn't... Quackers flew out to the back stoop yesterday and Lucky went out exploring today... 

The ducks actually do fairly well in the snow, until they come across a boot print and then they sorta roll with it and have to climb out again...lol...I felt sorry for them and wanted to laugh at the same time...A few of the younger chickens also came out to play, but only the ones that could find a roost stayed outside for very long at all.  They will be glad when the sun comes out tomorrow and it goes up above 40 making it easier for them to get out and play in the yard! 

I just hope it doesn't melt our sledding path too fast and we still get to have a little more fun before everything turns to mush....Of course Aiden does want to turn our snow pile into an igloo once we can't sled off of it anymore...I don't think the weather is going to quite hold up for that, but if so I will definitely share some pics. :)