

Lily and Ben wanted to build a snowman in the yard. They put on their hats, coats, gloves and boots and went outside. The snow was soft and white and cold.
They rolled a big ball of snow for the body and a smaller one for the head. They found a carrot for the nose, two rocks for the eyes and a stick for the mouth. They looked for something to make the arms, but they could not find any more sticks.
"Let's go inside and ask Mom for help," Lily said.
They ran back to the house and opened the door. Mom was in the living room, decorating the Christmas tree. She had a box of shiny ornaments that sparkled in the light.
"Mom, can we have some ornaments for our snowman?" Ben asked.
"Sure, you can have some of these old ones that I don't use anymore," Mom said. She gave them a red scarf, a blue hat, a green button and a silver star.
"Thank you, Mom!" Lily and Ben said. They hugged Mom and went back outside.
They wrapped the scarf around the snowman's neck, put the hat on his head, the button on his chest and the star on his hand. They stepped back and admired their work.
"Our snowman looks so pretty!" Lily said.
"And so calm!" Ben said.
They smiled and played with their snowman until it was time for dinner. They had a lot of fun building their snowman with the ornaments.
