Did I Say Thaw? I Meant Snow Day!

A couple of weekends ago we were hit AGAIN with over a foot of snow!  Luckily this time it came over a holiday weekend so the kids and I were home with nothing to do. Unfortunately the view below is not from my house....but it is from my sisters!  Pretty huh?

 My sister convinced us that we owed her a trip out to her neck of the woods so we packed up the car, picked up Grandma Cheri and headed to Eden Prairie to spend some time with our Auntie Shy and new cousins Erin and Emily. It was nice to visit with my sister, it is hard to find the time some days! 

 Our main goal on our visit was to do a little sledding since Shyan has a pretty good sized hill in her back yard.  Paige wasn't too sure at first but once I told her I would go with her she was ready to go.  Originally I was hoping to sit inside with Shyan, Grandma and Quinn and watch from the window but I quickly realized that if I wanted Paige to have some fun, it was going to take some work on my side.  Before we could go though we had some bundling to do.  Shyan was happy to help Paige get her snow gear on...

Paige of course had to make a silly event out of it...she looked a bit like a lion in the picture below!

Then out the door we went!  The snow was absolutely gorgeous but I underestimated the workout I would have to endure just to get through the 2 feet of snow in the ground working my way across the yard and up to the top of the hill.  Paige had a tough time too, she had to stay in the path of my footsteps in order to avoid falling repeatedly.  Once we were in place she was excited as was I .  It had been a very long time since I had the opportunity to go sledding in fresh, deep snow!  Paige and I shared a sled, it was a big hill.  Paige climbed into my lap and off we went, we both screamed the whole way down before spinning out at the bottom covered with snow.  Time to get up and do it again...however I didn't quite anticipate what it would take just to do that.  Did I already mention that I was getting quite the workout???

See below, the pictures speak for themselves.

Yep, that is what Mom's do.

Over and over and over again.

In the meantime... everyone else was watching from someplace warm...

Shyan did a great job keeping Quinn happy inside while Paige and I played outside. 

It was a good day...

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