2/28 - made out of snow

Great packing snow. Really heavy, great packing snow. So, today, Mom, Jim, and I went outside to build snowmen. Well, a snowman and a snowjim, to be more accurate.

Jim thoroughly enjoyed watching the building of the snowpeople. Though he was enthusiastic about doing so, Jim was way too diminutive (he's sensitive about the word "small") to help. I pointed this out to him when he hopped out of my pocket to help, and he mumbled something about teleportation and the unworthiness of the task at hand for his mighty powers to be unleashed. Why does he always mumble the really interesting stuff?

Anyway, we used green food coloring in a spray bottle to color snowjim green, in case you're wondering, and my Mom donated her purple scarf for the photo. Mom also supplied the stuff for his eyes and mouth. She's super crafty. The snowman's decorations came from a kit.

2/27 - Lots of snow

A friend and I went snowshoeing for the first time ever today. What an adventure! We just had a really big snowstorm, and the snow everywhere was really deep, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity for snowshoeing. Jim, of course, had to come along. He didn't want to miss the experience.

As you can see, Jim elected not to wear snowshoes, and sank like a little stone in the snow. He spent much of the time in my pocket, while my friend and I trudged through deep snow, tried not to walk on the ski trails, dealt with snowshoes that wouldn't stay on, and attempted not to complain about our bum hips (from non-snowshoeing related incidents). If Jim had been keeping up with his usual running commentary, we wouldn't have heard him above all the laughing.

It was fun, but I think next winter we'll be trying cross-country skiing, and leaving the snowshoes alone.

12/12 - Snow

It finally snowed a few weeks into December. I'd been telling Jim about this meteorological phenomenon for a while (ever since I found out he liked the cold), and he hadn't believed that such a wondrous thing could exist. Finally, it came. I sent Jim out to play, and he enjoyed it, but kept running back in to drag me out to take pictures of him. He liked that he was greener than the grass in the picture on the left. He was in the process of making a snow fort when I took the picture on the right.

When Jim came in from playing out side, he was actually so cold he requested a large mug of hot cocoa to dip his antennae in. He claimed the warm weather here is making him soft. But he enjoyed the snow and wanted to go out and play again. I suggested he ask for winter clothes from Santa for Christmas. He laughed at my "super-duper silly human notion of a man in a red suit who could travel faster than my awesome space vehicle," but then I found a tiny letter in the mailbox addressed to the North Pole, so I'm guessing the Christmas spirit got to him.