February 2nd

Snow Day Part 2! We didn't actually get a ton of snow, like everyone else we know, but the snow we do have is like ice. It's impossible to shovel, and is super hard. Of course NOW Bill tells me that he used up all the salt we had last week. GRRR. Wish I would have known so that I could have picked some up.

It has been entertaining trying to watch people get up the hill. I haven't seen anyone make it yet. The neighbors were out there trying to push their car up and it wouldn't budge. Then we saw a little Geo Metro flying backwards trying to make it up - they didn't make it either.

We managed to get outside and go sledding in the front yard. Ethan gets going so fast, that he either ends up in the drainage ditch, or Bill has to throw himself in front of him to stop him. Like any good family fun, it ended when Ethan got hurt. Bill accidentally shoulder checked him in the face when he was trying to catch him. Good times!

He of course recovered quickly, and had lots of cocoa with rainbow marshmallows. Yummy.

Dashing Through the Snow

Mr. Ethan had 3 snow days this week...for about 3 inches of snow. I'd like to believe that it was also due to the cold, because it just seems silly to me. Yesterday he helped me shovel for about 2 seconds, and then hit the hill in our front yard for some sledding. I think he only went up and down like 5 times, but he had fun :) It was really cold, so hopefully we'll have a day not so cold before the snow melts that he can go back out again. We must have the best sledding hill, because the neighbor kids came over to sled last night too.