Happy New Year.

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year.

It's our tradition to spend a first day of the year sledding. This year was no exception.

Gotta Love the Snow.

Right now I can't imagine living anywhere else but a few miles away from the GW Bridge.

-Two feet of snow. Check.

-Shoveling for five hours and not being even remotely done. Check.

-Every muscle in my body aching, caused by previous activity. Check.

-Having tons of fun, skipping naps and reading for hours. Check.

-Heading out to sled with the friends. Check.

First Day of the New Year.

Sledding.

After last year's snow melted, the kids kept asking when they can build another snowman and go sledding again. Today they got a chance to do just that.

Two hours later David was ready to head home while Julia was screaming to stay. That was quite a change from last time when she couldn't wait to go inside. Or maybe it is because she was pulled back up the hill on a sled while David had to walk and pull his own sled. Either way, both kids had a great time and we are already looking forward to more snow.

The Fun Continues...

Once the kids woke up this morning, they checked to make sure that the snow was still there and their snowman was still keeping guard outside. Although both kids were eager to go play in the snow, they patiently waited for me to get out of bed.

Once outside, we had so much fun playing in the snow, building tiny snowmen with icy snow-chunks left behind by the plow, as well as climbing up and down mounds of snow that was piled up from the plowing. However, this only kept the kiddies entertained for about an hour, at which time they were tired of this activity.

Luckily, I had another activity in mind. Every winter after a snowfalls, the local kids head to a steep hill by the local pool to slide down with their sleds (or whatever else they can find to ride down.) Even as recent as last year, our kids were still too young to do this, but this year we felt that David (at least) could slide down the hill by himself. Before long, both kids were sledding down , although they particularly liked watching the older kids playing with their snowboards.

Especially surprising was that after the ride, David was actually pulling his sled back up the hill.