Too Cold Outside? Bring Outside In!

We finally, FINALLY have some real snow. Still only a couple of inches deep but that makes it hard enough to drive. I tried to get Cody X out in the snow but he's not much for the cold. Instead of insisting and going through all the hassle of a snowsuit, boots (his good ones were left at his mother's house anyway), gloves, scarf, hat - just thinking about it is a pain. So. Instead. We brought the snow INSIDE.

We used plastic storage containers, hard plastic juice cans, and various sizes of coffee containers to pack and shape the snow into a castle. He spent about an hour playing with his Playmobil knights with his castle; then enjoyed watching its appearance change as it went from white to clear; and at last was finished when there was more water on the plate than snow. It lasted way longer than I had expected and now I can hardly wait for Mermaid (Little A) and Edison (big D) to get home and experiment some more. Though those two love to be outside in the wind, rain, snow, lightning; they won't mind building outside. They can probably entice Cody X out in it more easily than I can. Still, it was so much fun building inside with snow.