Sledding

Upon moving into our new house, we were promptly informed by the neighborhood kids that they use our side yard as their sledding hill...of course who were we to tell them they couldn't.  When the first flakes flew--we were the first ones out there enjoying the thrill of some downhill sledding.  Hannah and Caleb went out night after night and stayed out for hours.  Hannah learned quickly to bring her sled back up the hill with her, Caleb still needs a little help, although, he's getting the hang of it.  Craig was out of his mind thrilled on night when Hannah asked to make a jump off the steps.  They made a two tiered jump to which Hannah said--Daddy, it's not big enough.  Craig said he had been waiting years for this situation to present itself!  He was thrilled to make a bigger jump!  Caleb will go down the hill and the jump without even holding on to the sled...this leads to some pretty bad wipe-outs, but he just keeps going.  We've had days of snow now--once it gets out of the single digits during the day, we will go out and try the fresh powder!