Snow Days!!!

The weather people FINALLY got one right. It snowed on Friday night just like they predicted. Isaac, well more like Isaac's never too old for snow parents, didn't waste any time getting outside to play in it either. Here's a pic of the first 15 minutes of snow. You never know how long it's going to last, so you have to get out there quick!!

Lucky for us, the snow continued slowly for most of the night followed by sleet all day Saturday. When all was said and done we had about 6 inches in our neighborhood. Saturday was really cold, but we all bundled up and went out to try the sledding. The best hill in the neighborhood just happens to be the one that is the entrance to the neighborhood. We spent two days making sure it was good and packed down for sledding so now unless you have 4-wheel or all-wheel drive, there's really no getting out that way!!

We found that the best sled to use was the old metal runners type. Rhonda (the neighbor two doors down) is educated in metal runner sleds and she bought pvc pipes to go over the runners. This made the sled really fast. I'm not sure who ended up having more fun....the kids or the adults in the neighborhood!

Here's a pic of day one sledding...Daddy & Isaac riding, Rhonda providing the push! Here are Isaac and I watching Daddy fly down the hill.

Isaac getting pulled home on the sled.

Isaac chilling in his long underwear (thanks Nana!) and having a snack after sledding.

Sunday was still cold, but there was no sleet and no wind, so it was a bit more pleasant to be outside. The overnight cold froze the top layer of sleet into a solid sheet of ice. This made for great sledding with the inflatable sled. Yes, we are very prepared for fun in the snow - we have 2 inflatable sleds and 2 snowboard sleds - Rhonda and Cindy have 2 plastic saucer sleds and the sled with metal runners - one of those 4 types is pretty much always guaranteed to work!

Here is Isaac sledding down the driveway on the inflatable sled.

He thought he was pretty cool riding in this!!

After a few times down the driveway, we tied a rope to the sled and headed off to the big hill. Isaac is much easier to tote through the snow in the inflatable sled!!

Here is Isaac with Rhonda and Cindy riding down the big hill!

Isaac probably had the most fun exploring in the back yard.

That's my little man hiking through the snow!

Isaac and Mama hanging out in the snow!!
We all had so much fun playing in the snow this weekend. It's melting now, but they are saying today that we might have a chance for more this weekend! Could we really get that lucky?