Snow Days

The day after Martin Luther King Day, we had a big (for us) snowstorm that deposited 3 inches of powder and resulted in two days of cancelled school. The first day we sledded down the street in front of our house; the second day we played in the back yard.

Our sledding hill (aka our street; taken from in front of our garage--Number One Son is visible in the light blue jacket at right):



Number One and me getting ready to make a run:



Number One heading down on his own:



And crashing (this snow required a sled with real runners):



Mavis at the bottom of the hill:



Mavis and the boys with Day One's aborted snowman-making attempt:



Number Two Son's first snow!





Day Two; the boys and me with our snow counterparts:



Day Three--the weather warms and the snow family starts to lean:



Before long, only the baby was left upright (and eyeless!):