Sledding Adventures

This past weekend in Nashville we got about 3-4 inches of snow. I know all you northerners are thinking, "That's nothing!", but for Nashville, that is more than we've had in years. And it didn't melt the next morning, another strange occurrence for the south. So, of course this means we've got to get out and play in it. I grew up where snow like this was somewhat normal, so I wasn't too anxious to get out in it, but the kids just had to be in it - lots. It started Friday, so Liesl took them out and did snow angels and just let the kids slide around some. Friday night the snow turned to sleet and so the top layer was icy. The boys discovered this quickly and started using anything they could find that might work as a sled. Several people around the neighborhood decided to slide down the hill at the top of the street. I say people using napping mats, and laundry baskets, we got out a cookie sheet and a rubbermaid container. All three of them enjoyed this for a while. So Sunday was more of the same, the snow still hadn't melted much so we decided to join some of our friends and sled at a park near their house. But before we made it there, one of their neighbors had hooked up a sled and an inner tube to his Rhino (kind of a heavy duty golf cart) and was pulling kids (and adults) up and down the street.

After making a few runs around the neighborhood, we decided to head over to the park. The park has an amphitheater with a grassy hill all around it, perfect hill for sledding. The boys were into it as fast as they could get up the hill. Liesl made several trips down with Keeley. After the first time, Keeley was so scared she didn't even want to look, so she covered her eyes and snuggled in with momma just to be able to make it down.

Don't they look beautiful?