Lashing Through the Snow

We took the boys sled riding at the school on Hartzell for the first time today and what an adventure it was!! We had so much fun! Hudson even yelled "that was awesome" when he reached the bottom of the hill! Bryce reminded me of the kid from A Christmas Story the way he was all bundled up. Much to our surprise he left his hat on while we played (all winter we have not been able to get him to keep a hat on, until lately, even then he will only wear it briefly). The boys had to ride down with mommy or daddy because the ONE time that we let them slide down together alone they took a turn directly towards the telephone pole! All I could do was kick the sled with my foot so that they would miss it and Bryce flew face first into the snow...this was when Hudson was yelling "that was awesome" haha! The boys both climbed back up to the top of the hill very well and were very well behaved! Once we decided that it was time to head back home a rosey cheeked Bryce confirmed it. He had enough. After one last ride, tears from Bryce and smiles from Hudson, mommy had to carry Bryce home (until he got too heavy) while Hudson got pulled in the sled. Once we reached our street Hudson decided he wanted to help pull the sled home. Hudson didn't want the fun to end so he laid in the snow. This was the perfect opportunity to teach him how to make a snow angel! While we were taking off all of his wet clothes on the front porch he asked if he could make a "snow cow angel"! Our next winter "first"...build a snowman!