A miscellaneous post for you!
The Wednesday before turkey day the kids and I had off. The night before we’d been hit with a dramatic storm leaving us with close to 12 inches of snow. So we decided that we should go sledding on the hill in town before the sun melted it all. We got an early start and had the hill to ourselves for almost an hour.
The kids and I climbed all the way to the very top of the hill (which ended up being much bigger than it appeared from the road); I loaded up both kiddos on the sled with Ajax in the back and gave them a shove. I realize in hindsight I should have given them a bit of guidance because they made it halfway down the hill swerved and then rolled. Both received snow burns on their checks. After that Ajax rode the round sled and Noomi and I took the longer one, which proved safer for all.
After an hour more families arrived and Ajax had a blast racing the other boys down the hill, while Noomi had lost interest in sledding and proceeded to stomp around in the icy mud puddles.
I loaded up some muddy kids and took them home where we made pies for turkey day! The kids were very proud of the apple pie they helped make.
Today (Saturday) we put up our Christmas tree and decorated for the holidays. The kids were pretty excited.
