Sledding Adventures

Last weekend, we headed up the road to our favorite sledding slot to get everybody a little fresh air.  It was colder than the last time we sledded, but everybody was bundled up and I remembered jackets this time.  Good times were had by all. 

This might actually be a post-sledding picture. I can't tell if Reina is saying, "Let's go!" or "I'm done!"  She was a trooper and kept her brother until she made the mistake of going down the hill with her mom who got a little nervous about the speed and put her giant feet out to slow the sled down and sprayed snow all over both occupants of the sled and the three-yr old occupant announced at the end of the ride that she was "all done!  I'm all done mom."

Trigger didn't care about the cold, the snow, or hiking back up the hill.  He was happy to run and run and run and run. 

Here's Glenn putting Will's gloves back on.  For the 900th time.

I was worried Tootsie would be mistaken for a coyote.  She has a wild look about her, don't you think? 

Here are Tootsie and Trigger graciously escorting the sled to the bottom of the hill.  If Trigger could speak English, I'm pretty sure he'd be yelling "YEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWW" in this picture. 

Hey look - Glenn's helping Will with his gloves again.  901st time. 

Cold, red-cheeked girl.  Even after she declared her done-ness with sledding, she still sat on top of the hill with me and played with her pretend key fob that when you hit one of the buttons, it sounds like a car alarm.  I'm pretty sure I bought that for her so I only have myself to blame.  I love the sounds of nature:  snow falling, wind whistling through the trees and a pretend car alarm going BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.

After sledding, we went to a mountain-y lodge for lunch and hot chocolate.  Apparently my camera got wet during the sledding adventure. 

That's better.  Will's cheeks stayed that bright pink color for the rest of the day.  Mother o' the year. 

The kids will do just about anything for a mug of hot chocolate. And as Reina exclaimed "it has that white stuff on top - yeah!!" 

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