Snow day #3

It's been well over a week since we've made it above freezing here in TN. I remember growing up in WI where it never got above 0 the whole month of January one year but this kind of cold in TN is practically unheard of. We are cold. I'm tired of wearing long underwear and wool socks. I'm fairly cold natured and with fibro the cold kind of hurts. Brrr.

We were getting ready to put J to bed when T got the text msg. that schools were closed again for tomorrow. J asked if he could go to bed a half hour later and we said no. His head dropped a little but he was ok. Then we said he could stay up for another movie and he was like, what? Once he figured out that we were telling him he could stay up for 2 more hours and watch another Star Wars movie, he was quite happy. And don't tell him yet, but he may have some friends over tomorrow afternoon.

I think he is actually missing school even though he wouldn't admit it. I'm really looking forward to getting into a routine again.

So, a lot of the snow in the yard melted today but Saturday was the day we had enough snow to think about getting out the sleds. At our house we do something we call "redneck open sleigh" where we pull the sleds behind the horses. Lady is an old pro at it but she is getting up there in years. She is at least 23, maybe 24, so we decided that we better "train" Bridget to pull the sleds too. She did pretty well although she was a little nervous about that thing following her every where she went. She acted up a couple times but she didn't get out of control. This is me getting Lady lined up for J's first redneck open sleigh ride.

T took a lot of video of the "sleighing" and I may try to post a short clip another day but all I can post tonight are pics. A helped J take a ride on Lady after I pulled him on the sled.

This is one of the times Bridget acted up and E fell out of the sled. Notice how quickly the snow is fading in the grassy area.

So we decided to go to my brother's place. He is in Haiti with my dad and nephew and some other guys on a short term mission team but my SIL was there and she welcomed us over. There was not a lot of snow there either but you make do with what you have.

J loved it. On one of A and E's first runs they hit a bump which stopped them short and they tumbled out of the sled. A few runs later J hit the same bump only he was by himself and the sled stopped and he kept going. It was so funny looking because he just kind of shot out of the front of the sled and his legs were sticking out like he was still in the sled as he was flying through the air.

I'll have to try to get a video or two uploaded. We have DSL but it's still not that fast for uploading video. Pray for us tomorrow. It's the kids' fifth day in a row of hanging with each other ;) and T and I both work. Well, T will work some of it anyway. The kids do better when they have a little break from each other. Maybe having some friends over will help. We'll see.