Right before Thanksgiving we were hit with about 6 inches of snow. We had my parents and sister's family up for Thanksgiving and so the snow made for a very fun Black Friday activity. Due to an unsuccessful attempt at going down the hill in our backyard on cardboard on Thursday afternoon, we broke down and got a real sled later that night. Tested it out, yep, so much better. Nichole's son and Wee Boy definitely felt the rush, Cheeks - not so much. In fact I don't think she ever really bounced back. She endured being outside, but due to her limited mobility with so much extra clothing on, and the cold, and a hat that kept going srewywampus on her, she didn't have the most fun ever.
Soon the deck became a serious downfall to sledding safely in the backyard and we moved the festivities to our local firestation with a much better hill and tons more room to slow down safely.
Cheeks was still not catching the vision of sledding but she was more or less patient with it all.
He loved it all except having to walk back up the hill. Poor boy. I made him walk back up on his own steam while Matthew carried him. Sucker.
Nichole's son and Grandpa also had a marvelous time. It's just too bad we only had one sled and Grandpa did not come well equipped for sledding. Can you just see the look of enthusiasm in that little boy's face. It really should be his middle name.
And then, of course, we took the opportunity to get our family picture taken. It probably won't hang on our wall, but we are pretty cute in our matching outfits (weird how that happened). It totally makes us look way more sporty and outdoorsy than we really are. But from our family to yours this Holiday Season 2014, Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!!
