Sledding adventure

While we were inside warming up from our first round of snow play, Shannon called to let us know that their park (she lives two miles from us and they also have a park withing walking distance, you've got to love this area!) had a great sledding hill. Their family invited ours over for a sledding adventure and of course we had to take them up on it! So we got stuff out of the dryer, re-layered and braved the roads (Ian laughed at the road situation saying, "I drove buses in Blacksburg in more snow than this...") to Lottie's house.

The snow was pretty deep in some areas, so Ian and Battle took turns dragging the wagon (the snow kept packing on the wheels preventing them from turning) full of kiddos to the park.

First we watched the big boys show us how it was done.

Graham got a little push from a friend...
And Noah took a pretty spectacular spill at the bottom. Funny thing is that he was saying, "I didn't know how to steer that old thing!" Now come on, that sled is a fine work of engineering ~ and he thinks he can steer a plastic disc?

After watching a few runs Kylie decided she was ready to go, "but onny if Daddy hodes me!"

"Yay, yay, yay, this is fun!" Her expression at the top of the hill was a bit more of panic, but by the bottom she was loving it!
"That was FUN, let's do it adin!"
I'm not sure who screamed louder, Caleb or me, but halfway down we both decided it was fun!
Ready to go again!
One freezy (but happy!) family.
Lottie and her family ~ parents, Shannon & Battle and brothers, Graham and Noah.

After sledding it was time for a hearty lunch of grilled cheese and soup at Lottie's house. Now we're home with exhausted kiddos napping. I'm hoping they wake up before dark so that we can build a snowman while the snow is still around. We are slated to get a bit more snow tonight, but tomorrow is supposed to be just above freezing and sunny. That's what you've got to love about snow in central NC ~ here today and usually gone tomorrow...

Oh, and yes, we have tons of waterproof clothing for skiing. In fact, I just went through the ski clothes bag at Mama's this weekend to give Traci my old ski pants. I thought about bringing the bag here with us and then decided, "We have such little storage space in our tiny house, we won't really need our thermals and waterproof pants..." What's that they say about hindsight?