Frozen Parts and Some Sleds

In all the years we've lived here (7), we have NEVER gone sledding; even though there is a fabulous hill very close by. The reasons are these...the big snowfalls always seem to happen on Sundays (true story) and we have never owned good sleds.

This year we bought sleds to give the kids for Christmas, but then forgot about them since they were hiding in the trunk of Randy's car. But as we drove home from Michelle's house in the snow on Wednesday evening, the kids began to talk about sledding and I surprised by them by saying, "We got you sleds, we just forgot to give them to you!" It was a bonus Christmas really.



So by 9:45am Thursday morning the kids were each calling a friend (on two separate cell phones, which was funny really) to invite them to go sledding with us. It was very fortunate that Parker and Madison were available, because that made the outing much more fun for the kids.

This is Landon's "It's really cold out here" smile.

The girls were even colder because poor Madison was wearing rain boots, but they managed to smile normal.


I spent the hour taking pictures of the kids and of the snow-covered plants nearby. Of course I felt tempted to take a turn sledding down the hill, but then had several "Fun Mom or Stupid Mom" flashbacks from adventures past and opted not to brave it.


Instead I stood contemplating the cold because I only had my foxy pair of rain boots to wear, so even with 2 pairs of socks on I still froze. The boots may keep the wet out, but they seem to celebrate the cold.

The hike up the hill drained them a little more each time.

She's just plain cute.

Landon and Parker tried all kinds of ways to get down the hill, but the girls stuck to sitting down and facing forward. (There's a reason it's almost always boys who end up on America's Funniest Home Videos.)

Now that's a better smile.

At one point, I looked down and saw Whitney just lying at the bottom of the hill...classic Whitney.


The discolored spot on the side of my nose looks oh so magnified these days because the dermatologist used liquid nitrogen on it the other day; apparently when it heals the spot will be gone (woohoo).

After an hour of sledding the kids were icy cold and exhausted, but I was the only one bright enough to take a hot shower when we got home. Hee.

**Have you gone sledding recently?
Did you remember any of those flashbacks?
Do you own snow boots?
Have you ever had liquid nitrogen on your face?**

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