Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Family sledding night!

Let it snow! Last night we got about 6" (15cm) of light, fluffy snow. This is the first decent snow we've had all season, so of course we had to go out sledding. For the sake of time, we just went down the street to a pretty small hill at the other end of our block. Low on thrill factor, high on convenience. And we discovered when we got there that some thoughtful children there before us had built a ramp, which is absolutely essential for sledding airtime.

Everything was very quiet outside:

Quiet night

Maria had a bite of snow as her dessert for the evening:

Maria eats the (white) snow

Chels and Anna got the party started:

Chels and Anna

Meanwhile, Nick and Maria were showing off their moves:

Nick tries some X Games mojo

Crazy Maria

I got in some sledding time, too... note that Anna has some pink/red paint on her forehead from a Valentine's Day craft project, not from a sledding injury:

That's not blood, it's war paint

Mike and the girls on a saucer

Mike and the kids