This weekend, we had over a foot of snow in one day. We built some epic igloos in the backyard, and then, suddenly, POOF! Someone crash landed in our front yard!


Geek out time! It's a snow TARDIS, people! It's made out of at least 98 cubic feet of snow and is definitely bigger on the inside.


Just for a sense of scale, this is my brother (taller than me) next to the TARDIS on top of a snow pile. This sculpture was done almost entirely by the two of us because our other brothers wimped out or started snowball fights! My little sister turned the top of the TARDIS into a little playfort-- I'm going to get those pictures off of Mom's phone to share with you if I can.


We built this as the snow was falling heavily, but it was dark out when we finished. The next day, we had to leave in the morning, and by the time we got back, it had melted! This TARDIS as pictured is several inches shorter than it was originally and has also morphed into the Leaning Tower of TARDIS. It was very straight, smooth and right-angled when we built it-- with half my family destined to be engineers like Dad, there was no other way to do it!

There totally would have been some awesome photoshoots with my siblings and I dressed as the Doctor & Co., only our TARDIS has died already. Silly weather. First you snow in late March, then you decide to hang out in the mid-forties all day? We wanted to make Daleks and Weeping Angels!

(P.S. We love our snow sculptures-- last year we didn't get any appreciable snowfall, but you can see Sir Herbert Junior the Snow Giant and Smaug the Dragon, right here!)


Photo update! Here are some more from Mom:

Are you about done with all the snow yet? This year, we had some of the most snow I've ever seen. Actually, yes, the most I've ever seen. We took the opportunity to build some epic snow sculptures!







We had snow and ice constantly from December on. This past week was full of beautiful, green grass and warm breezes... no ice or snow to be seen... but today I had to miss Taekwando because of more winter weather. I don't think we'll ever be able to understand weather. Where was all this snow past years, when my siblings and I went sledding on one inch of slushy ice?

It's not all bad, though. Snow can be quite beautiful. The two above pictures are taken from our porch and basement door.


We went sledding... (New tricks this year! Purple penguins flying from one sled to another mid-hill, snowboarding with one foot, and fixing sleds with duct tape!)

...and had snowball fights.