Snow Painting

Last week it snowed on & off a few days.  So on Monday, when all the kids were home from school & I had finished teaching my piano student, we went outside to play in the snow before it got too dark.

The snow was perfect for snowmen & snow balls, but the kids wanted to paint the snow--so I filled squeeze bottles with colored water & they had fun painting.

 Brienna drew a Christmas tree.

 Ben just had fun squeezing the bottles (notice he lost a glove already!)  Ethan helped him.  (Ethan said I should NOT have filled a bottle with YELLOW water--because it's best to avoid yellow snow!)

 Emmalee mainly just emptied the bottles quicker than I could re-fill them.

 Emmalee making a snow ball to throw at me--Where are your gloves?????

 Brienna with her "bloody" foot prints (& her name behind her)

 Ben jumped right in to throw snow at everyone.

 I did put his glove back on right after I took these pictures.

Brienna's Christmas tree--with a YELLOW star on top ;)

Ethan "teaching" Emmalee & Benjamin how to make the perfect snowball. 

 Emmalee was drawing a self-portrait.

 She put pig-tails on her cute little girl.

 Callum had been shoveling grandpa's walks, so he got back a little late.  He found a spot that hadn't been painted & went to work.

 By the time he finished, it was too dark for a picture.  And by morning, we had fresh snow & all the painted snow was covered.

 Callum (by the ladder) & Rusty on the roof shoveling off the snow.

 Benjamin thought it was funny to see them on the house.  Not surprising, he ran over & started up the ladder faster than I could run after him in my snow boots.  He got up the 3rd rung before I was able to get him down!

 Zane had basketball practice, so I made some more colored water for him to do a quick "masterpiece".  He picked the "canvas" in the back yard, so I was able to take a picture of him painting up the town yard.(thanks to the porch light) 

Brienna & her colorful snowman.