Snow + No School = Sledding

Finally.  This is the year where the girls have finally started to love sledding.  It excites me like when I was finally able to throw them around the pool.  It just makes playing in the snow that much better.  After this past summer, I knew it would not take much to get Charlotte on a sled.  When we were at the beach she loved the log ride, so I figured going down a hill on a sled would be no problem.  She did not disappoint. 

I knew it might take a little work to get Drea on the sled.  However, before this last round of winter storms, she kept wanting to get the sleds out and try sledding down the small hill next to the house.  I thought just maybe if we could find the right hill she might try it.  As luck would have it, we found one.  To be honest with you, I don't know how I didn't realize it was there before.  I guess it took my neighbors moving for me to realize it.  Either way it is a perfect hill for the girls and it is a 20 second walk out our front door.  So when the temperature hasn't been below zero we have been able to go sledding.  We have already been five times and with another snow day tomorrow we will be hitting the slopes again. 

This is from one of the first times we went sledding two weeks ago

Notice the road in the background...this was not an issue until
the snow got really packed down, then the road became an issue, I
built a wall of snow to prevent going into the road and so far so good

Drea just finishing her first run of the day

Charlotte getting ready for her turn

Both girls at the top of the mountain

Finishing another run

 I have noticed as the snow gets packed down the less and less the girls want to go.  It gets really fast.  I have managed to go several times as well and it is really a lot of fun for me too.  The funny thing is when we went for the first time two weeks ago, I couldn't figure out why my body hurt so much one morning.  Then I remembered, we were sledding.  The next step is to take them to WISP for tubing, but for now, we will enjoy our little hill and our 20 second walk.

 

This first clip is only like 10 seconds of Drea coming down the hill

 

 

This video is about 1 minute of both of the girls