Sleds and Friends

Our Dear, Dear Friends, Sara and Peyton came up for Louisiana for some much needed cold time--

--well really just to see family and friends, but their goal was to spend some quality time with winter.  So we joined them on their sledding adventure.  Burnsville is a pretty hilly city, I think at least, so we were bound to find some good ones.  Our first stop was kind of a bust, but we still made it down a few little hills. 

Peyton sliding down the first hill, Lachlan watching with fear

 This was Lachlan's (and Torin's) 1st down hill sledding trip, and being some one who isn't that adventurous, I was curious to see how this was going to go....He hated it.  At one point we were sitting in the snow waiting for Sara and Peyton to tackle a HUGE hill, and Lachlan didn't even want to touch the snow.  He wouldn't eat it, he wouldn't draw in it, he wouldn't sit in it, he wouldn't touch it.  He wanted to stay put on Mama island. 

Then we hit the JACKPOT hill!  It had a long side and a short side, so I thought the short side would be perfect for Lachlan and I to go down.  Well because our sled was a real special sled, (it would slow down, and then turn around so you would go down backwards half way down the hill) it kept wanting to turn us around, so I put my boot out to steer a little and both Lachlan and I got white washed.  He was not happy.  So he just sat on the top of the hill for the rest of the time.  Not complaining, not whining, just kind of content--and actually sitting in the snow--great success!  His job was to count us off before we gave our pushes and comment on when we wiped out down the hill: "Mama, boom!"  He did a great job with that.
Now where was Torin this whole time?  Well this angelic child slept the entire time.  He had on 2 diapers, a long-sleeve onezie, a sweater, pants, socks, a snowsuit (which included mittens and a hood), booties, a hat, a blanket stuffed all around him, and then a blanket draped over his carseat.  Seriously, as snug as a bug on a rug. 

Lachlan and Torin's version of sledding

With Lachlan being a bit scared of it, and Torin being so bored with it he can't help but fall asleep, sledding doesn't seem to be the boys' favorite thing to do, but I think we will have to go back to this hill and try it again...even if it is next year.
Thanks for the visit, Sara & Peyton!

Love ya, mean it.
Be here now.