Sledding!

We had our first good snowfall at the end of November/beginning of December so we had to rush to get snowboots and snowpants for Josey. I felt bad that we didn't have them prior to the snow arriving b/c she sat at the window all morning declaring "IT NOWING!" She handled it pretty well getting dressed up like the little kid on A Christmas Story who couldn't move in his snow gear. Brian bundled up to take her out in the snow on her sled. Josey was so excited b/c when they got outside, Nick and Nathan (our neighbor boys) were out romping around in the snow themselves. Here's a picture of Josey waiting patiently in the garage for her dad! CHEESE! Riding on the sled hanging on tight. The snow would cave in on one side of the sled and then tilt a little but she never fell off!

Here's Brian walking around the yard pulling Josey behind him. The wind was quite strong at times so when he was walking through the snow a little would blow up and get Josey in the face. They quickly switched to sledding down the road. No cars were out and it was perfect for Brian to haul Josey up to the neighbors and push her down the hill to me. Josey was grinning from ear to ear.

This last picture is of Josey not quite ready to come inside. Her little cheeks and nose were getting quite red so we decided it was enough. Apparently, Josey didn't have the same idea as her Mommy & Daddy did.

Poor pumpkin hasn't been able to get back outside since our first sledding expedition. Either the windchill has been too cold or we are too busy to take her out. It is sad b/c last weekend we had a HUGE dumping of snow...like 18 inches or so. It was so extremely terrible out that I didn't make it home from work Saturday night. I stayed with a fellow co-worker in Rochester and we almost didn't make it into work on Sunday morning! We've survived but Minnesota is still getting pounded with snow off and on :)