We don't have pictures, but this last weekend we all went sledding. DOWNHILL sledding. And while Lilly was hesitant at first, I think she had a good time. It helped that, as we were pulling up to the sledding hill, friends of ours just happened to be doing the same. Lilly went down with papa; she went down with mama; and she went down with friends too. Never alone, but we think she was very brave.
We end up leaving because she was cold. And hungry too. We were all hungry after all that fun and cold, fresh air. Before settling in at the table for a special helping of mac & cheese, Lilly warmed up on the couch with mama.
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| Rosy cheeks! |
After lunch, we all went out as a family to shovel snow. Lilly has her own snow shovel and did her fair share. And while papa shoveled the long driveway, mama shoveled the front sidewalks. (It all goes a lot faster with help, I can tell you that.)
Mama and Lilly made the first
snømann too. Although, I think that's debatable. I could say they gave a good and creative go at it; I'm still a proud parent, after all.
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| See the blob to the right! |
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Then, after all the fun with snow--and not wanting to to end the fun-- we went out as a family to pick out the perfect little
juletre a whole two weeks early. (We've even decided to host our tree party before the holidays this year.)
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| The traditional and only accidentally ironic monkey on top! |
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We brought up the holiday music, and had a fire going. A good start to winter. All after the first big snowy day.
