Last week we got what we consider to be a big snow (in the neighborhood of 4 inches). The anticipation was intense. As soon as the kids caught wind that it might snow they began making their plans for snow angels, snowmen, and snowball fights.
After J went to work, we all bundled up and headed outside. Within the blink of an eye all of the kid's well-laid plans were quickly abandoned. Greg, our next door neighbor's son, walked over, placed a snow saucer in C's hands, and told him about a great place to sled behind our houses. C ran over to me and wanted to go sledding immediately. There was one little problem though. I'm from South Carolina - I don't know anything about sledding. So with visions of the snow sled scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation running through my head, I went looking for a little instruction. I found Roberta, Greg's mom, on her porch. And after laughing at my Southern naivete, she explained that you sled like you would slip-n-slide; you run, jump on your belly, and slide down the hill.
After J went to work, we all bundled up and headed outside. Within the blink of an eye all of the kid's well-laid plans were quickly abandoned. Greg, our next door neighbor's son, walked over, placed a snow saucer in C's hands, and told him about a great place to sled behind our houses. C ran over to me and wanted to go sledding immediately. There was one little problem though. I'm from South Carolina - I don't know anything about sledding. So with visions of the snow sled scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation running through my head, I went looking for a little instruction. I found Roberta, Greg's mom, on her porch. And after laughing at my Southern naivete, she explained that you sled like you would slip-n-slide; you run, jump on your belly, and slide down the hill.
So off we go, traipsing across her backyard with disc in hand. I tell C and G that I want to try it first, just to be safe...well, THAT and I wanted to get the first turn...like I said I've never been sledding before :) How'd this Southern Girl's first sledding experience go? All I can say is that I sincerely hope I do not see myself in a You Tube video gone viral - as I'm quite sure that it was quite the scene to behold. I tried, several times, to run, jump, and slide...all I ever ended up with was a face and a shirt full of snow - NOT. A. FAN!
We ended up settling on a method doesn't require so much coordination on Mommy's part...it's called the "sit and shove" method :)
C giving G the ol' heave-ho (you'll notice he fell on the ground - guess he got his momma's coordination)
And a few other sledding pictures
C ended up getting in that much discussed snow angel
Thankfully, despite a few less-than-graceful moments, no sled-related injuries were sustained!
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