... Because It's Not Just a Snowman.

This is a work of art... painstakingly sculpted... even delaying lunch just to get it finished...

This is a science experiment... riddled with trial and error...  remaking snowballs crushed under the weight of the one above stronger...

This is physical education... rolling the the ever growing snowballs... walking on his knees in winter gear... stomping through the deep snow to find arm branches.

This is math... sequencing size... comparing the bottom to the top...

This is a morning well spent.
 

Zoom!

Our backyard play ground is a bit shabby but it works and we will (probably) make improvements as we continue to clean up our property.

The kiddos hadn't really used this slide much, so I decided to bring out some Hotwheels for races.  They loved it.  
And what do you know once they started playing with the slide they actually used it for sliding...

Brilliant!

Geocaching.

Have you tried Geocaching?  We just tried it again for the first time in a long time over the weekend.  The only thing you need is a GPS and the urge to go on an adventure.  It doesn't even have to be a big adventure.  The one we found was within walking distance from my house.

Here's the gist of Geocaching:
Using GPS coordinates found on Goecaching.com you hunt for a treasure(cache).
When you find it you write in the log book and then go back to Geocaching.com to log that you found (or didn't find) the cache.

Here we are hunting for the treasure.

Yay we found it!

There are tons of great lessons for your preschoolers to learn through Geocaching.
*Following directions
*Having a purpose for your activity.
*Focusing on the task
*Observing nature
*Working as a team

I highly recommended this recreational activity to young families. (Just be sure to choose the really easy caches to hunt for).

P.S. The winner of my Crayola Sidewalk Crayons giveaway is:
#4 Kellie from Training Up a Child,
Sorry I am widget illiterate it appears so you will just have to trust that Random.org picked the winner.