Analee and Seth with the house they built together.
Detail of their house. They were especially proud of the snowman they contrived.
Miriam with the house she and I built together. She decided where everything went.
The chocolate Santa peeking up through Miriam's chimney.
Rebekah with the house she did completely by herself.
Rebekah and Analee after the gingerbread house decorating.
It got so cold during the break that Seth was able to do this trick for the girls (again):
Take a mug of boiling water outside in sub-zero temperatures ...
... fling it into the air ...
... and watch the water turn into snow before it hits the ground.
And when it warmed up a little (after the break), the two older girls decided to make a snowman of a different sort.
Analee's teacher sent a note home saying that parents could take pictures of their kids' snowmen and email them to her so she could share them with the class. I think Rebekah and Analee's snowman was different than the others.
Breaking out of her snowman.