Ah, Spring Time in Colorado - it proves the saying, "If you don't like the weather wait a few minutes and it will change." That was oh so evident on Tuesday. I cut out of work as quickly as possible to pick up the kids and get to the bargain showing of "Alice in Wonderland 3D" in an effort to celebrate Ellie's birthday. When we entered the theater the sky was spitting rain, not the soft sit-on-a-couch-with-a-cuppa-tea-and-enjoy-the-beautiful-pitter-patter-of-rain-on-the-window, but a quick-toss-your-hood-up-or-get-pelted-in-the-face-and-have-it-go-down-your-shirt kind of rain. But we were on a quest since I had wanted to see the movie since I heard that Tim Burton was making it, Ellie was never really properly celebrated friends style, Anna could certainly use distraction from her first boyfriend break-up broken heart, Ethan was as jazzed as I was to see the movie and Brandon just loves movies so he wanted to join in our fun, too. We loved the movie! As we walked to the car our swirl of conversation and excitement was engulfed in the blizzard that had hit.
By the next morning it would dump about 11" in our town. The kids were cool with that. They went to school for a while the next day and my two dreamed up plans for a snow fort. By then the sky was the amazing blue of the John Denver songs, the air was warm and the kids were prepared to build.
They used our oval boxes that we use to haul around our waterbottles. They quickly learned about filling the boxes with snow, being careful to tamp in the corners, tamp in the top and using a large machete to level the blocks. They were even clever enough to figure out how to move them around effectively. They worked with the snow that was to be found in the sunny areas first since it would likely melt the fastest. That meant that those blocks would also freeze nicely over the night.
Some kids from the neighborhood were curious, standing about four houses down, watching. If they had come closer we might have invited them to join us. They picked up a long stick and started hitting a fence with it. This made Ethan worry that they would wreck the snow fort, but that has not happened.
They had hoped to finish it, but time and energy waned and so it sits for another day. The forecast looks promising for another opportunity to work on it before it melts.
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Here's some fun, unrelated videos (some of which could contain a bit of profanity - sorry, but they are still funny!)
"Academy Award Winning Movie"
Romeo and Juliet with a Different Ending by Sassy Gay Friend
Hamlet by Sassy Gay Friend
Okay Go - This Too Shall Pass
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