I built my first snowman with my son. We put on our thickest
sweat pants, hats, & coats. We put our snow boots on and came up with a
game plan. We had bought a snowman kit at Target for $4.48. It came with a
carrot, hats, and buttons. It also had 3 tubes of dye to make it a very
colorful snowman! It definitely made it colorful. The only thing it was missing
was arms. There were no twigs for arms.
I tried to break limbs off of a tree. Apparently I am not
that strong. Those limbs were very attached to that tree. The only thing I could
find that would work for arms were tongs. Yes, we used kitchen tongs for the
arms of our snowman.
I rarely get to have childhood fun with my son. In that I mean
that we do more grown up activities. There are many activities that my son does
that I have not done. I have never really rode my own bike. I don’t shoot a bow
and arrow. I don’t play sports. My son does all of these. It can be hard to
relate to him when I feel like I want to do what he can do.
When I was a kid, I was watching my 4 younger sisters and
never really had a childhood. I always wanted to do the things my friends were
doing. They got to ride bikes, roller skate, & play sports. I was stuck
inside babysitting. I didn't feel like I was a kid, I felt like a parent.
I will definitely try to do more activities geared toward my
son’s age group. It felt like I was getting my childhood back. It was like I was
9 years old out there building a snowman. I am so glad that we had that opportunity
to build that snowman. We laughed so hard and it made me so happy.
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