Would the laborious preparations pay off?
"Mommy, it's winter time!"
She drudged through the snow . . .
. . . and decided she didn't like it hitting her face . . . so we went back and forth between the garage and the covered patio in back. When the snow tapered, Vanessa got the bright idea to use her sandbox toys:
A few days later we cleared the driveway more to keep it from freezing over . . .
. . . but playing was way more important since the pretty snow wouldn't last long . . .