Making a snowman in Portland OR

We made a snowman last night! (Dec 29, 2009).

Here in Portland OR, when you get some snow outside your front door these things happen:

• You get stuck in traffic or hear about people getting stuck in traffic.
• You get your butt outside and play in it …along with many of your neighbors.

In this post I’m sharing some photos of us building a snowman (snow thing?).
Please share links to your photos and posts about having fun in the snow!

Don’t forget you can click on the photos to see the large glorious versions :)

Here we are after we built the bottom and middle parts. We made them so big we couldn’t lift the middle section up – so I got a few 2×4 boards from my stash in the garage. Just like when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids right ;).

Putting the head up on top was a slight back breaker – I figure the snowman was 7′ tall :).

This is what it’s all about right here:

Snowman and smiling kids the next morning!

Here are some bonus photos of #snowpocalypse09 :)

Late afternoon – just after the snow started falling. NE 64th Ave, Portland OR:

Early evening. I’m getting so excited about the amount of snow!

Looking up at a streetlight through tree branches somewhere between NE 64th ave and the Laurelwood pub. My daughter and I took a walk in the snow to the pub for hot chocolate and beer (my fav Vinter Varmer). Along the way I spent a lot of time throwing snowballs at telephone polls ;)