dual personalities

With the temperature finally slightly above freezing we thought it would be ideal to attempt to break our station wagon out of its icy prison, a very solid foot of ice and snow. We bought an axe and set to work.

Notice that Tim is standing in a trough — that’s where the car used to be. It took a lot of cutting, chopping, and pushing, but we finally got it out. Then the boys set to work on the driveway.

See why the axe is necessary? It is the only thing that can make a dent in the white stuff.

And, of course, my always creative boys made Ice Henge in our front yard out of the blocks they cut. Isn’t it artistic? Maybe on the other side they’ll make an igloo. At least they didn’t go the lilliputian horror route like this (found on the internet):

What are you doing with your snow and ice?