Tuesday, December 23, 2008

My New Friend

Posted by Abby Marie at 4:52 PM

The other day I had a hankerin' (my Dad uses that word all the time...is it a real word?) to build a snowman. So I did. Jenny, Brett, and James assisted me in my creation. Mostly they complained that the snow wasn't good enough, but I never lost hope. Jenny and I raided my apartment for random things to dress-up our Man, and here's what we found: His nose is a spider Halloween ring (that I still wear occasionally); his eyes are chocoloate chips; he has a cheerio smile, cookies as buttons, a scarf for a scarf, oven mits for hands, sticks for arms, a Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat hat (I wear that too), a race metal for some bling (I wear that too), a crepe paper streamer belt, and reindeer ears just to touch it up. Oh, I forgot he has stockings for boots too.

Impressive don't you think? It was hard to make him because the snow wasn't really packable...and of course the next day we had much better snow. When my dad picked me up to take me home the next day he said "hey, you've got a little rabbit in your front yard."

I checked on him today and I'm happy to report that he is still there! His nose and eyes have fallen off, and he's got snow up to his middle...but at least he's still standing. I'm predicting he'll last until February 12th.






4 comments:

Marcindra LaPriel said...

Darling, my dear. Absolutely darling.

December 23, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Andy Porter said...

I particularly enjoy that he has a scarf for a scarf

December 24, 2008 at 7:54 AM
Andy Porter said...

My mom watched a Myth Busters that said if you want your snowman to last longer you have to put clothes on him. If your man starts to melt before the predicted dated stick a coat on him.

December 26, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Bullock said...

Are you sure it's the SNOWMAN who's your new friend????

December 30, 2008 at 12:33 PM

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