Saturday, January 10, 2009

Cool Runnings

JR has been dying to go sledding ever since we got here. (Not that he's ever been sledding before, but I guess he's seen it on TV.) The first day we were here he tried going in our backyard. Unfortunatley he wound up sunk to his eyeballs in snow. (I literally think Jason had to go dig him out.) We added that one to our list of lessons: you need packed snow to sled. Luckily, there's a small ski mountain near JR's school that also has a sledding hill. So today, Jason and JR spent the afternoon sledding there, and true to form, JR loved it. Jason said JR screamed at the top of his lungs everytime he went down and even had a few wipeouts that were strong enough to send him rolling. (That just makes it better if you're a boy, right?) Over dinner as JR was telling me all about their day Jason said, "I think Mommy should go sledding with us." JR looked right at me and said, "Mommy, I don't know if you can take it."

It's a good hike up the hill, especially for a 5 year old. JR was so worn out he was falling asleep at the dinner table. That's JR to the left in the orange.

Ready to sled

Check out that face...I'd say he likes it!

Come on down...

After a "rough" day

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like great fun. Maw-Maw

Anonymous said...

Oh what fun, JR - which is better, going fast or wiping out!!!!

GS

Anonymous said...

It looks like tons of fun.
Lu