The Hogan children were on winter break in February. It did not feel like winter though because they live in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan decided they they would take their family snow skiing in Colorado.

The Hogans bought their plane tickets, packed their bags with warm clothes, and prepared to fly.

When they landed in Colorado, it was snowing! This was the first time that Ashlee and Emily Hogan had ever seen snow. They were so excited to play in it! They had never seen water look like this. It was in the form of a solid.

When water is a solid, it means that the molecules are tightly packed. Another form of solid water is an ice cube. Molecules are made up of little atoms called hydrogen and oxygen. Oxygen is what we breathe.

Ashlee and Emily thought that the solid water was so cool that they should build a snowman with it. They named him Bo. He had two button eyes from Mr. Hogan's old coat, a carrot that Mrs. Hogan got at the store for a nose, and three little rocks down his stomach. A kind man walking down the street gave Bo his hat.

Once they finished making Bo, the Hogan family decided to go skiing. It was a beautiful sunny day. They had a wonderful time in the freshly fallen snow. In Florida, the sun can shine while it is raining. In Colorado, the sun can shine while it is snowing.