heather eastman assistant nurse manager "jokingly we kind of thought lets bring maybe have a little snowball fight, and then one of the other nurses decided hey, lets build olaf, because she's really into frozen." olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. courtesy: amanda saul and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hospital (laughter)." "a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's very rewarding for us too, like those are our best days." "it was very heart touching, it made my heart melt." and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. deborah: scott's up next with a final check walk out the door today. we have a very calm

heather eastman assistant nurse manager "jokingly we kind of thought lets bring some snow inside and maybe have a litite snowball fight, and then one of the other nurses decided hey, lets build olaf, because she's really into frozen." olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the courtesy: amanda saul and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, inside the hospital (laughter)." "a lot of these kids are here and they miss out on a lot of normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, it's great and it's very rewarding for us too, like those are our best days." "it was very heart touching, it made my heart melt." and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. deborah: when we come back...heelan battled crofton in a top-ten interstate show

heather eastman assistant nurse manager "jokingly we kind of thought lele bring some snow insisi and maybe have a little snowball fight, and then one of the other nurses decided hey, lets build olaf, because she's really into frozen." olaf is a snowman and one of the main characters in the disney movie frozen. courtesy: amanda saul and after staff dumped a whole heap of snow into one of the playrooms at the hospital... for the first time ever, little bella played in the snow. "these wonderful nurses had a surprise for her, took her in and was playing do you want to build a snowman when she walked in with a big huge pile of snow and she built a snowman, are here and they normal life things, so whenever we can do something that kind of brings normal back to them, very rewarding for are our best days." touching, it made my heart melt." and eventually so to -- did olaf, but the memories never will. jessa rae: snowmen. one family in minnesota wanted to mix it up a bit. they crafted this giant 18-foot octopus! three brothers created the unique snow sculpture to raise money for charity. it

heather: so, specialist seth eastman will work on that bond as well as reconnecting with his wife brianna. the two married just two months before he was deployed. >> we made the best of it. definitely wasn' t easy though. heather: all proud to serve, but say the separation can wear on anyone. >> when my contract is up, i' ve t decided if i' ll continue, but it' s hard leaving second time. ll focus on the present and enjoy this time with loved ones. in total, 370 soldiers from the artillery were deployed. 100 more will return home to new hampshire tomorrow morning. reporting live, heather hamel, wmur news 9. jean: cannot get enough of that video. welcome home. the new year means new laws. here in new hampshire, some of the changes include higher fines for passing school buses or failing to yield to emergency vehicles. first-time drunk driving offenders have a new way to restore their licenses. it requires court approval and an ignition interlock system. in massachusetts, minimum wage has gone up. as of today, it is $10 an hour. next january, it will rise to $11 an hour, making it higher th