"The Best Snow Day, EVER!", according to a five-year-old

Post: mostly photos
Subject: mostly Tori
Purpose: mostly family who express how much they so badly miss the Subject
 
The snow has fallen before. It has fallen thick and it has fallen icy, but it has never (since we moved here less than two years ago) fallen in the perfect fashion-- sticky, fluffy & powdery, ideal for snowballs and snowmen. So, as you will guess, we did just that, built a snow person and threw snowballs at the window, behind which Papa and Jesse watched us with intrigue. 

Throughout the day, we watched with interest as the flakes began to increase in size, and I couldn't wait to be the one to tell Tori that  I was going outside with her!   

About an hour before sunset, both Tori and I ran outside like two little schoolgirls who have waited all year-long for the snow to fall. And indeed, we did and we have. Last year, we only had one snowfall, at the end of October (unseasonably early), but it wasn't the fun type that you play in.

(While Tori collected clean snow in her bucket to eat, I walked around our property and our landlord's property to take photos with this new camera someone gifted to me. It has amazing and multiple features that I can't begin to remember that it has, so today was a perfect opportunity to try them all. I mostly kept with the snow feature, for obvious reasons.)









"SNOW SOUP", she calls it.

 WHO CAN RESIST TAKING PHOTOS OF THIS FACE?

 I'M CERTAIN SHE ATE A GALLON OF SNOW!

 THIS SEASON'S FIRST SNOW ANGEL

 HUNKER DOWN!

 OUR BACK FORTY

 LANDLORD'S STASH OF WOOD

 THE WATER TABLE IS EVEN FUN IN THE WINTER

 I've never made a snowman, and neither had Tori, so we made one today! It was surprising how difficult the snow was to compact into a ball. We made it work somehow.

 Here, Tori is putting the finishing touches on our snow person- Tori's Hello Kitty Fedora. And since she's wearing a girl's pink scarf, Tori says she's a snow woman.

 We used a carrot for the nose, a radish slice for the mouth, zucchini ends for the eyes.

 And Tori proudly named her SNOWA.

 This kind of snow is SO FUN to eat. I couldn't stop picking it up and putting it in my mouth. :o) There was over an acre of it to eat, but I couldn't. LOL

 Though, Tori had her fair share. I think she may have really eaten a gallon or more!

 Well, that makes up for the liquids I haven't been able to get in her this week. LOL

 Other neighbor's pine trees.

 Tori on her belly, diving for snow.

 Some sort of "low light with flash" setting.

 "I've got my spare bucket of snow. Let's go inside."

 Tori poses with SNOWA while I try out the black and white feature.

 The "Partial" feature hones in on certain subjects and makes them a shade of red, while leaving everything else black and white. See the color on the carrot? Barely.

 Now THERE'S the color. LOL

 This photo was taken using the "painting" feature. Can you see the effects? So cool!

The sun began to disappear and it was time to go in for hot chocolate.... er, hot chocolate snow cone.

To my families: I hope this post helps you glimpse into the daily life of your favorite 5 yr old east coast girl. :o)