Sledding

Two winters ago it was a relatively mild winter and the kids didn't get to go sledding at all. However, this winter when there was a decent snowfall I knew that we needed to find some hills to take the kids sledding. There is a spot in our neighborhood that looks like they dug out for a basement but then decided to not build. It is a smaller hill but we decided that it was the perfect size to start out on. The kids school had been called off so we bundled up and headed out.

Brinley laying down in the sled waiting her turn to be pushed down the hill.

Landon about to head down the hill.

Jennifer didn't want to sled this day with us but she took some pictures of us. Here are my two sledding buddies.

The next day school was cancelled again but I wanted to try out a new sledding hill. We made the trip over to Jacobson Park to see if they had any bigger hills for us to go down. We found one and made the climb up to the top and were all excited to go down the big hill.

Landon on his first run down the big hill. The second time he went down the hill he thankfully decided to go down feet first instead of head first. His sled ran straight into a big tree at the bottom of the hill. It broke his sled and got him really upset. Thankfully he didn't get hurt at all. I was just glad that he wasn't going head first on that run down the hill. He didn't really want to go sledding anymore by himself after that.

We finally got mommy out on the sleds with us!

After Landon's accident he only wanted to go down the hill with someone else. So we took turns going down the hill with Landon. 

The next day the kids had school, but afterwards I asked the kids what they wanted to do. Surprisingly Landon said he wanted to go sledding again. His only request was that we didn't go back to the big hill, only the small one. Deal! So, the girls decided to do something else while the boys headed out for another day of sledding.

Happy little guy. Sledding the small hill.

Heading back up for another run down the hill.

Thumbs up from the little man. Since he had the accident of running into the tree I tried to teach him how to slow himself down and help steer his sled a little. Learning because he doesn't ever want to hit another tree.

Just a couple of Heflin boys.

He talked me into dragging him back up the hill instead of him having to walk up.

It was really windy and the sun was getting close to setting so we called it quits after about 30 minutes or so. We then headed back home to warm up with a cup of hot chocolate.

I am so glad that we got the opportunity to finally get out and sled together. Besides the tree it was a great three day stretch of sledding. Maybe next year we can find a bigger hill without any trees at the bottom. I have also thought that we might try to take them snow tubing sometime in the next few years. I have never done it but I think the kids would have a blast. Thanks for reading and God bless!