Largest Snowman in D Family History

The other day, E said she made the biggest snowball in D Family history.  She thought so, but there were other sisters that came before her that delighted in making big snowballs too.  Today at nap time, I sneaked into M's office and said, "Hey, you wanna build the World's Biggest Snowman?"

He's always up for a challenge.  That's why he married me.  So we headed out into the snow.  Here is how we built the Largest Snowman in D Family History:  First, we made two big snowballs and rolled one down the hill.  Then:

M went down to the pond to get the 12 foot surfboard so we could slide the second snowball on top of the first.  This took three of us pushing (IJ and E joined us outside).  IJ and E made the head and M and I lifted it together to the top.  We were a little worried it would roll off the other side!

Then we packed in the cracks so the snowman wouldn't fall on anyone.  Wouldn't that be dreadful?

We searched all over for the perfect face (M is standing on a bucket to reach the snowman's face-it only looks like he is levitating)...

He has a flower pot hat, spray paint can lids for eyes, bike-hanging hooks for a mustache (IJ's idea), a carrot for his nose ("Find the biggest carrot in the house!"), and a bungee cord for a mouth. 

Reposition the surf board, and we were set!  I can't believe how fun we had.  I could have stayed in all afternoon, nice and cozy by the fire with a knitting project.  But we have 15 acres of 12-inch snow.  It would be a shame to miss a chance to make a memory like this.  Snow like this doesn't come around very often!