Sledding!

First of all, I guess I should tell you that we finally got some SNOW!! Hurray!! We have been building up winter and snow, and told Kayla all the fun things we'd get to do when it snowed, and then it almost seemed as if winter would bypass us altogether this year. Until a few days ago, that is.

We got about 6 inches of snow the other day which mostly melted from the road (which was good for Chris so he could get to work), but has remained in our yard because it is mostly shaded by evergreen trees. The day after it froze over, making for awesome SLEDDING snow. It was slick and slippery and perfect for sliding.

We do not own a sled. But we are innovative, and my years at Franciscan using Caf trays as sleds were my inspiration for our make-shift sled. We simply used our largest cookie sheet. Worked like a charm, and I tried it too. So long as you have ab muscles strong enough to keep your feet lifted off the ground, you, too, can sail down a hill on a cookie sheet.

(This is Kayla trudging up our hill with her cookie sheet)

And here is the video. She is super cute, as always. *Warning* Turn the volume on your computer down because the "sled" scraping against the snow is really not pleasant to listen to at high volumes. Much like fingernails on a chalkboard.


We got snowed on again last night, but this snow was so light and fluffy that it is really just for admiring. We are still waiting for some good snowman-making snow to fall before the end of winter.

And in case you were wondering, we generally do snow-time during Elise's morning nap, so that is why Elise is absent from pictures and descriptions. I did, however, let Kayla hold her in her lap and I helped them sled together down the smallest hill together once. They were adorable.