Last week Georgia had an astonishing amount of snow- about 6-7 inches in our area! In fact, schools were closed all week and most parts of town looked like they had been deserted. On Monday we woke up to a thick layer of snowing and it continued snowing the entire day. Scott was able to get his Jeep out and go get my mom so she could play with the kids in the snow too. She brought over some sleds, we layered up in out "snow gear" (aka, rain boots, random gloves, and anything else that was WARM) and went out to play.
The kids and Scott attempted a snowman, but the snow just wasn't staying stuck together. So, they all took to sledding through the yard. We don't have too many hills, but with a good push and a decent sledding "track" you could make your way through the yard. I attempted sledding once and decided it WAS not good for my inflamed pubic bone (a recent diagnoses of my hip/abdominal pain I've had since Ella was born). Mom, Scott and the kids had fun sledding while I took some pics.
Lydia likes the snow much like I do and would tolerate it in very small time increments before getting too cold and coming inside. Although, just like her mother, she LOVES snow cream and was excited to eat a lot of it once inside and warmed up!
Since Ella was feeling better this time it snowed, she got be bundled up and go outside with us.
We parked her in the stroller on the porch while we played in the front yard and then just before coming in I laid her in the snow to see what she would do. She fussed and I picked her back up (maybe she'll be a snow-hater like Lydia and me)!
Amidst all the fun, we did end up with one sledding injury. Scott pushed my mom on the sled and Harbin decided to jump across the track.........pulling his sled. He made it across in time, but his sled did not and my mom went face first into the sled. We knew it was a bad hit, so we tried to hold back the laughter, but at the same time, it was kind of a funny accident. Harbin's face was priceless. Mom had blood running down the top of her nose and the bridge of her nose started swelling immediately. Harbin knew it was an accident, but had this look of "am I in trouble?" We assured him it was an accident and he wasn't in trouble and we declared a new sledding rule....you can cross the track, but not while pulling your sled!
By day three of the snow, we were all about ready for it to leave. We managed to get out that day and go to Cici's Pizza with some friends from church, but pretty much as soon as dark fell, the roads iced again and you had to be sure you were where you wanted to spend the night. Everything from the first day of Co-op to church was cancelled, so we tried our best to stay entertained at home.
Enjoy our snow pictures. It's probably not the last time it snows this season, but hopefully that will be the longest snow for the year. One day is plenty for us unprepared Georgians!!
The mom.
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