March Madness

The photos above were taken in the afternoon on Wednesday, March 19th.
Note the grass and the lack of jackets, the eating of Popsicles.
The photos below were taken LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER,
in the morning on Thursday, March 20th.



Personally, I've never been a fan of March. The kids loved it though!

Downhill

We got just a touch of snow last night, but it was enough to put a layer on the drive way and it is cold enough that it isn't melting. So I bundled up the kids and headed outside to get it off the driveway before it became a layer of ice under another snow fall. While I shoveled Sofi got out her sled and went for rides down the small mounds of snow still left in the yard. After I was done we decided it would be more fun to take the sleds to the bigger hill down the street.

Sofi had lots of fun. She went down on her own several times, not her first time ever doing this, but a first for the size of hill that it was. She wiped out at the bottom of her first run, and it was fun for me to see a split-second look of panic quickly change to a look of smiles and bright eyes, which quickly turned into repeated attempts. We even talked about "baling" and she decided to try it, found it to be lots of fun, and decided to do it repeatedly even when she wasn't headed toward a tree (or barbed wire for that matter).

It was Isaac's first time sledding, and he wasn't sure what to make of it. He kept pretty quiet, and never really smiled... which is unusual for him.

Here's a short video of one run....