Growing up in Houston, I have never had this much fun in the snow. Ok, I think I went skiing as a kid once, and remember a photo of me riding in a gondola, and it snowed once in 1987 and I ate snow off our pool lounger — but beyond that don’t remember anything like this.
Friday was a snow day, and I heard it was the most snow we have had since 2003. It snowed most of Friday, froze that night and Saturday everything was coated in white with a top layer of ice. We tried to get out for church today, but it didn’t look good. Later today the sun came out and we wanted to play. Ethan found a piece of old wood and made a sled out of it and it worked for a bit. Then we borrowed a friend’s discs and headed to the elementary school where we heard there was some good sledding. Audrey pretended to take a nap at our neighbors and we had a blast. Alyssa was hesitant at first, but after the first time she was fine. Megan I think will be the adventurous one. First time down, all by herself, she had a look of panic and shear fun in one. I’ll admit, I kept riding with her just so I could play too. Now, school is canceled for Monday too. I sure wish we had some ski gear for these kids so we could play without getting wet…and next time we would be ready for some real skiing. It was a great day!
I’ve been waiting for some pictures. I knew you guys got more this time than that pitiful snow you got last time. We have about 1/2 of ice then 8 inches of snow on top of that here in OK. Amarillo got even more than we did. There were folks sledding all over town. We don’t have sleds, but we may have to get some if it keeps snowing like this. I’d like to sled. 🙂 And I don’t think you need snow clothes, as long as you get something more waterproof than jeans and tennis shoes… amateurs. 🙂 Love you guys! Glad you had fun!
What fun… and the girls will have such great memories of snow days! We always had good ones here in the good ol’ northwest! ; )