Snow Day and Surprise Date Night

It's always exciting when we have a snow day where we have enough for it to be fun and not just a mess.  Last year was the first time I ever tried sledding...so I admit I was excited to get out there too this year. There's a great hill on the golf course that families actually drive to...but we can walk there in 5 minutes! We took turns using the sled...and the moms even took a turn going down the hill together.

After snow fun Little Man and his friend came over and had hot chocolate and played. Then, his friend offered to have Little Man over for the night...and suddenly there we were unexpectedly alone. 

We sat and had dinner alone (with a candle...SO FANCY) and talked, and hardly knew how to act without Little Man there being his usual goofy self. It was nice to enjoy our spaghetti dinner without him being picky about the sauce.

It was a different kind of day in many ways.

Never Too Old: To Sled for the First Time

So, snow isn't something you see here very often. But when it does come the kids basically want to play in it until it melts away. This year we were prepared. Grandma North hooked Little Man up with a sled and snow boots. And he was ready to go before there was anything on the ground.Since there weren't any kids to play with Hubby and I took one for the team and went out sledding with him. And damn am I glad we did because I had a fan-flipping-tastic time! I had never sled before!

Here's me my first time ever on a sled!

The next day we went to the BIG hill on the neighborhood's golf course.

Little Man went first.

Hubby looked over at me trying to see if I was going to chickenout...no way!

At the top!

Damn that was fun! Why'd I wait so long???