Sunday, January 17, 2010

looking for a clue

On Thursday Libby and I ventured outside to enjoy the snow, before it all melted. At 48 degrees (a virtual heat wave for January in Connecticut) it was the perfect temperature for playing in the backyard.

First, we had a snowball fight.


We then cleared the snow off the ice in the flooded area of our yard (that's another, far less pleasant, story) and "ice skated" like the princesses at the ice show.


Next, we discovered animal tracks throughout the yard.


Which naturally led her on adventure, to find clues about what animals might have visited. If you know Libby, you know this will cause her to break into song:



There were a variety of tracks, and I decided it was safe to assume at least one pair belonged to deer. Obviously these deer would be hungry when they came back, so Libby made them snow cakes. Just having celebrated her birthday a week earlier, she had birthdays on the brain, and thought a baby deer might also be celebrating its birthday. So, she put candles in two of the cakes, just in case.


With that out of the way, Libby went on to make a snow angel. And then two snow angel friends. Her headband fell off during all the arm flapping, and left the appearance of a halo--too bad I know better.


And finally, back inside to get Makenzie up from her nap.

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