Make a Snowman

“Every year the past 6 years, on the day of the first snow - I go outside and make a mini-snowman. The point is just to make it, doesn't have to be perfect at all, just - whatever I find around to serve as building blocks. The last one I made was before I became bedbound, last winter Dec 2024. I'm still fully lying down since but this winter - I decided to ask my carer for some snow and then still managed to do my tradition! ☺️ Honestly it's satisfying af, figuring out ways to keep being at least parts of the person I used to be. Plus this year I built a whole little scene with the lights, which was fun.”

“Saturday came along and after a funny series of morning events, my daughters and I decided to build a snowman, well a Snowld Lady (a snow-old lady). Bella and I made the two top snow balls while my youngest kept throwing snow on a pile to make “the butt.” I helped her form the bottom and attached the other two balls to complete the body. My daughters immediately went looking for two sticks for the arms. As the girls rush inside all excited to get new things for the snowman, they rush to their rooms to get a hat and a scarf. Isa then grabs some of her extra gloves. We couldn’t figure out what to do about the buttons though or the eyes and nose. I immediately had a lightbulb moment. I grabbed our bowl of Halloween candy and tore open a pack of Milk Duds, grabbed a lollipop, and some caramel bites. It was the perfect way to complete our snowman. She’s the cutest little snow old lady ever.”

“Last year I was playing in the yard with my dog and decided to make a snowman, it was so fun!! To keep up the fun when my partner got home from work we had a snowball fight and then went sledding. We were 30 with no children and it was the best day !”