Sledding

For the past few years we have had the mildest winters with hardly any snow.  Three Christmas' ago I bought the girls an awesome new sled and they have NEVER used it.  This year we were finally able to break the sled in.  We have had a good amount of snow already and it has also been pretty cold too.

Paige had been asking to go sledding during the whole winter break, but anytime we were free it was FREEZING outside.  Paige wanted to go on a day that it was 11 degrees outside, luckily, I was able to convince her to wait two days until it was 28 degrees.

Even then it was pretty cold, but being the awesome mom I am, I took Ashley, Paige and our neighbor/friend Samantha.  I will admit however, that I wasn't awesome enough to stand outside with them.  I sat in the warm car and watched them go up and down the hill.

I'm just grateful we have a hill to sled on; Illinois is pretty flat.  In fact, the sledding hill is right near our house and it's man-made.  A local church created the hill when they dug the foundation for their building, hence the huge cross in the picture.  On the top of the hill, they have instilled a fire pit so parents can keep warm and at the bottom of the hill are a bunch of hay bales to safely stop the sledders.  Maybe if there are some warmer days ahead, I'll get out of the car next time.