the melting snowman

Surprise, surprise - we are battling another cold in our house! Stuffy noses, sneezing, aches & pains - all the typical symptoms of a lovely winter cold. Thankfully, Kale seems to have avoided catching it, but I am sure it's only a matter of time. On average, Kale seems to be the third or fourth kid to catch something in his class and this week I've already noticed a couple of absences. Dun-dun-dun..... 

Since our weekend snow adventure, Kale has been really keen to check out his snowman in the backyard every day. I mean, can you blame him? It really is a work of art:

The weather has been mild again, so our snowman has been getting a little smaller every day. I'm pretty sure that Kale does not understand that snow melts (maybe he does??), so I've been dreading the day that the snowman becomes a snow-puddle. I was convinced it was going to cause a "I'm-confused! I-don't-get-it! I'm-going-to-freak-out" type tantrum. So today when we got home and he rushed to push a chair up against the backdoor so he could peek out the window and I heard "UH OH!" I prepared for the worst. I came over to the window and he looked at me "go? snowman? go?" and I took a deep breath and told him the snowman melted - he was all gone.....and nothing. Kale said "snowman melt - bye bye." And that was the end of that. 

Just when you think you know them.....