Playing in the snow

Saturday we ended up with about 6" of snow. The kids were very excited. I was also since we didn't really get much sleet. Sunday, before church, someone came and plowed the parking lot. They noticed that we hadn't used the snow blower yet to clean the driveway, so they plowed the driveway also. That was so very nice of them!! The fun part it is that they piled all the snow in the backyard. So, we had a good time Sunday afternoon playing out on the snow pile. Anna was so excited, she forgot her mittens. Well, it only took about a minute of trying to climb the hill with no mittens for her to come back in crying. Her poor little hands were red and wet. After we warmed her hands back up, and got mittens on, she was happy. The hill is a little on the steep side, so it did take a little manuevering for the kids to get up it. But, after a few times, they were doing great!! Doug decided to take the inaugural first slide down. He did have a bit of a problem though--when he sat on the sled, he went down the back (steep) side and landed on his back. It was quite hilarious and while I was too busy laughing and taking a picture, Anna helped him up.

When they plowed our street, they left a pile of snow in the middle. So, Monday morning it was a little challenging to get to our paper route since our little Saturn couldn't "jump" the snow. By Monday afternoon, they had taken care of it. It was interesting how they did it -- a big dump truck was driving in front of a tractor with a front snowblower. The tractor was blowing the snow into the truck. They had to come back a few times, but they got it all picked up. Now, all these fun snow tidbits may get boring after a while, but we are still new and learning how they really do things in the north. You'll get used to it!! =)