She had to wait seven long years before she got a big snow weekend at Poppy's House.
Every winter, Chloe would always ask when was it going to show, and would we get enough to go sledding on and could we build a big snow person.
We have had a few winters where there just enough snow to make a very small snowman about six inches tall when she has been at out house but never enough to really play in.
Well this year worked out perfectly, we got two good snows back to back and one was over the weekend while she was here with Poppy and Grandmother.
There was so much excitement in the air when she came over on Friday morning, first she was out of school for snow and she was here at her grandparents.
Over the years she has heard her dad talk to her about sledding on the sled. She has seen the sled in the attic and set on it dreaming all about the ride she would have on it.
The day before coming over to our house, her mother and her had thrown snowballs out in the yard at each other and she had made snow angles in the yard. She had caught snow in some plastic containers to store in the freezer for later use.
She had wanted to make some snow cream, but neither her mother or Mimi knew how to make it like Grandmother could. She said her Grandmother was the,"bomb," whenever it came to cooking. Grandmother say's, "She cooks from scratch. It doesn't look like scratch to me but I'll let her call it whatever she want's to call it. (That is another journal entry for later.)
Well, we took grandmother to work, and I knew that I had my Poppy all to myself and I could get him to do what I needed him to do for me. I could hardly wait until we got back home.
Poppy wanted to drive around the neighborhood and take snow pictures before we went home, so I let him because I knew he would be busy once we got home.
We pulled in to the parking lot of the Preforming Arts Building that is across the lake from Poppy's house. Poppy asked me, Do you want to make a circle in the snow? I didn't know exactly what he meant but I was ready to get out of the car to play in the snow. I started to open the door when he stopped me and said we are going to do it with the car. So we got in the middle of the parking lot and he went around three times and when we pulled away we had four tire prints in the snow in perfect circles. See, I already knew that my Poppy could do anything!
We finally get home, I tell Poppy to stay in the garage and I run to the restroom. Poppy, "Let me show you how i make snow angles." I watch as she lies down in the snow and make snow angles in our front yard. Our complete yard up to this point was smooth with snow until Chloe got started and she had a whole yard to play in and do whatever she could imagine with the snow. She spelled her name in the snow by walking each letter out with her feet.
I got a few snowball hits before I knew that she had been working quietly making a pile to throw at me. She has a perfect aim and everyone that she threw his their target, me.
Poppy, remember when we got the last snow and it was on the ground for more than three days I told you it was going to snow again. I asked her where had she learned that. Oh I learned it from this old lady at my school. When she told me her name I knew that she was younger than me and I asked her, "Who do you think is older me or her?" Oh Poppy,"Why do you have to ask? You know that she is way older than you. I asked her, "How is that, Well, she only talks about stuff, but you get right in there and act just like me, so that is how I know that your younger.
Poppy, "Will you show me how to make a big snow girl?" Sure, you know I will. First make you a big snowball as round as you can. Now roll the snowball across the yard and back until we get it big enough for the bottom if the snow girl. When you have it as big as you want it roll it over her to the shade so it want melt as fast. But Poppy, "I want it closer to the street so everyone can see her." "OK, just stop where you want to put it." She put it by the drive and the sidewalk where everyone could see this masterpiece. Now what you need to do is pack some snow all around the base to keep it from rolling over when you ad the next roll on top of your base roll. Make another snowball like you did with the first one and roll it in another part of the yard. Make this one a little smaller than the first one. This will be its body to hold the head. Now put it on top of the base and pack some snow all around to hold both rolls together. Now do the same thing again, make a snowball and make it smaller than the last one and bring it to me before you attach it to the body. Once the head was rolled she brought it to me and I shaped it into a round shape. We took a green bottle cap and she put it on the snow girls face, then she took some snow and packed it around the nose to hold the cap in place and then she took some snow and made some lips and we added two nails for braces over the teeth. And the last thing that she did was insert two nuts for eyes. She took the head and attached it to the body securing it. She stood back and admired what she had accomplished. Poppy she is just about ready except for clothes and a hat to keep her from melting as fast. she found two sticks for the arms, while I went and got the shirt for her snow girl. She put on the shirt and then ran into the house for a knit hat for her head.
She played and played until she was ready to go inside and get something dry on and to warm up.
