Evolution of Sledding

Keeping a child away from a hill of snow is about as fruitless as keeping a kid away from a big dish of candy. Friday morning the kids bounded outside and enjoyed some sledding. Of course we have no sleds so the kids had to improvise. First this....

Then this......




In case you don't recognize the 'sleds' they are the plastic tops to our recycling bins. Any self respecting Southerner will tell you that you don't need silly old sleds. You can use cardboard, cookie sheets - whatever is flat and handy.

Now the final evolution of sledding (which unfortunately I have neither video or pictures (though it might be better that way for the heart attack Grandma and Nini might have had)) came when Raif came back from Texas because as you can see the kids clearly aren't going fast enough or far enough for my darling husband. He took the bindings off my wakeboard and we used that as a sled. The board was so slick that with a minimum push I was able to careen my children all the way across the yard into our neighbor's yard where Raif was waiting to catch them lest they crash into our neighbor's house or car. Clearly this was the best sledding of the day.