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It's wintertime in Iowa for another six weeks or so, regardless of what the groundhog says. We've been enjoying plenty of snow, and only a little bit of ice. In January, we had a week of chilly (single digit) weather, but otherwise it's been a mild winter. Benton and Henry tried skiing for the first time, and they've been building stuff with snow, too.
Yep, we used buckets to build our snow fort--it only took a few minutes that way. We also built a snow tunnel, which was fun before it collapsed!
For indoor fun, we've been using the cheesemaking kit that we got for Christmas. It makes amazing mozzarella and ricotta cheeses. Combined with homemade noodles, we've had some mouthwatering lasagna. It's really fun and a lot easier than we thought it would be to make our own cheese. We're already thinking about buying a hard cheese kit for next winter.
We've had fun watching our bird feeders all winter, too. Benton is learning about citizen science by participating in Project Feederwatch. A few of the unusual birds we've had include a Northern Goshawk, a partial-albino Cardinal, and this Eastern Screech-Owl that decided our feeder was a good place to perch.
So don't stay inside playing possum, get out and have fun before winter's over!
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