sledding and snow day fun!

When the Grabers called and said, "Come sledding with us at our house," we jumped on the chance to head to the country.  However, once we got there, we realized we weren't really going sledding.... we were going on a luge down a chute!  

Kelson had taken the tractor to their yard to make chutes to sled down.  With four sleds, we could go quite a few times.

 It was so fun seeing everyone so happy!
One of my favorite things about sledding was watching their boys stock up on snowballs down at the end of the chutes, and waiting.... for Chad.
Chad would run and jump on the sled on his stomach, fly down the path and take out both boys with snowballs on the way as he shot past them.  It was like a 007 movie.  
And then, the snowball fights would break out.

  Waffles, eggs, sausage, fruit came next.  And then to top off the night- S'MORES in their warm fireplace after games.  What a perfect evening with friends!  

And then came more snow days!  
So far we've had three- we're actually to the point of WANTING to go to school tomorrow.  I'm serious.  I think if we have one more snow day, we're going to pack our bags and go somewhere warm.  

  Amy had posted about this science experiment and how well it went with her kids on one of their first snow days.  Glad she shared this little Pinterest project!  Trey and I went to Wally World before the snow started today (on our snow day- ahem!), and got the supplies.  We got back, and here is how it turned out.

  They also painted, played the recorder, fought with each other, played the piano, the piano game, fought with each other, listened to music, fought with each other, video chatted with friends, watched some t.v., and fought a little more with each other.  :)

So, as you can tell, one more snow day might hurt somebody.  Sophie and I had to get out of the house Saturday.  We went shopping- it was so nice.  I love shopping with her.  Didn't expect to spend money on myself, but it seems that spending four days in the house because of snow is the cause of it.  That's justifiable right?