Snow Day

We've had such a warm winter, we weren't sure if the girls would get any snow this year. We were under the threat of snow all day--and it finally arrived!

Bundled up before dinner



We gave E her crutches and let the kids loose. Our neighbors were already outside. E stormed up the hill, no sweat. HUGE CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.



Viv, of course, moved much better outside. But she still needed her big sis to show her the ropes.



Downhill race!



With their wrists exposed and their mittens filling with snow, one last angel for each!

Snowy Day

We got another big snow! We were all SO excited to get out and play!

This snow wasn't very good for making a snowman; it was very fine and powdery. Everyone got to go sledding!

Even though this blog is about E, I feel it's necessary to highlight E's little sister, Vivian, here too. Last snow she really didn't get to experience it much.

This was a short excursion...Viv got a faceful of snow and managed to lose her gloves. Crying ensued.


Not sure how much she enjoyed this.


Most of the sledding was with me, but here is E and Jason. Look how E stands up while Daddy brings up the sled!


Our Snowgirls


And the ALMOST GREATEST SNOW VID TO DATE: E sledding by herself! Well...almost. She totally did this hill right before I ran in the house to get Jason to film another attempt. It looks like I set E up to fail, but HONESTLY the previous run (E's first ever with this sled), E sat on this little saucer and held on to the handles the whole way down, including a full spin. She wanted to try it, she DID it, she was SO unbelievably proud of herself (as was I)! So, we tried it again...which is this clip. Undeterred, E wanted to try it again. That ended up much like this clip. Then we went in to warm up.