Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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the other day, the older two boys and i constructed simple snowmen made of cotton. it's just too cold to be outside in the real snow, and i think sawyer's having a hard time with the fact that real snowmen melt. he has a hard time saying goodbye. this way, he'll have his snowman with him as long as he wants. if i can convince him they're NOT marshmallows, therefore are NOT edible.

i started off showing them how to paste the cotton onto the paper. then the "sticks" onto the paper. pasting the eyes and buttons were a bit tricky, but i let them pick out which type of decoration they wanted for the eyes, mouth, and buttons.


it seemed like a simple project...i was proud of myself for being creative using grape stems for the arms: i'm NOT digging in the snow for real sticks. the boys loved eating the "jimmies" i found on my christmas cookie decorating shelf a bit too much. we ran out of jimmies before they were able to paste on their own buttons:



here is where i question...do i need to worry about sawyer's artistic vision? i don't think he meant to make his snowman demon-possessed. but it ended up that way, and now i'm afraid to be in the same room with his little creation:
Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:03:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:13:28 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:14:47 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
don't ever throw those out. sooooo cute!
Mom
Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:53:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I actually have a snowman collection,but not like the one the boys made they are so cool!
Friday, March 09, 2007 12:01:09 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
OK, it is so not funny how I can hear the raspy little voice coming from that snowman...
Ellen
Friday, March 09, 2007 3:48:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Tell Sawyer that his uncle Jonathan LOVES his little demon snowman.
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