They're Not Real Snowmen

Savannah has seen snow several times (at least once a year since she’s been born), but since she had never been sledding or spent any significant amount of time playing in it, we decided to take a little day trip with grandma and grandpa up to the Donner Lake area. Unfortunately, because this was during our dry streak of weather back in the beginning of January, there was some snow, but it was pretty icy and rock hard. Nevertheless, we bundled up and set off down a trail in search of a little hill Savannah could slide down on the snow disc.

She was a little unsure of the whole thing, especially because she was so bungled up that she couldn’t move without some help; once she went from a sitting to a lying down position on the disc, there was no getting up. She went for it though, and after the first time she was asking to do it again.

She had fun making snow angels with Daddy, and what day in the snow is complete without a little unflavored snow cone snack!

We even saw a couple of snowmen that someone had built, but for some reason Savannah was scared of them and wouldn’t go anywhere in that direction. The only way we could convince her to walk by them was by telling her that they weren’t real snowmen. Apparently to her, real snowmen (like Frosty I suppose) walk and talk and dance and sing, and she wasn’t getting near any of that! It made such an impression on her that even now, weeks later, whenever the topic of snow comes up she has to remind me that they weren’t real snowmen. No Savannah, of course there aren’t any real snowmen up in the snow…