Friday and Saturday, the winter blues were encroaching. Then my friend Kelly sent me flowers at work to thank me for helping winter suck less. 
“Thank you for helping me embrace winter.”
AWWWWW! How sweet is that?? Thanks, Kelly! You brighten my winter, too.
The big gravel pit banks looked kind of intimidating to the 5 year-old, so I broke out the food coloring and some spray bottles. Also reeeeeeeally brightened up the winter landscape.
Water and food coloring in spray bottles.
Names in the snow. Hygienically.
I always wanted to write names in the snow…
A psychedelic snowball!
There’s always one in every group…
Also, there was some awesome sledding on the gravel pit banks.
Before…
During…
Hear the fire crackling in the background? We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.
Photo credit: Eldest Spawn
Again, Eldest Spawn took this one.
Everybody wants to kill that one bush in the gravel pit…
After.
Also, Jill stopped by to model her newest in Funny Farm Fashion. 
Baler twine as a hair accessory. True story.
All in all, it was the perfect day to ENJOY winter. 30 degrees above zero was reason enough to celebrate. On a related note, the Finns allegedly have more words for “snow” than the Inupiat. Check out the link…Finnish words for snow.
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Posted by Monday Thursday Friday Kathy on January 29, 2013 at 3:50 pm
That looked a lot more fun than shoveling my roofs.
Posted by pajarigirls on January 29, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Yes, it was! I tried to shovel a little today….not pretty lol