Schools are closed again today due to incredibly cold temperatures and wind chill forecast for the next two days. In anticipation of being stuck indoors for a few days, we tried to get lots of fresh air and exercise yesterday. It was almost 30 degrees; that's practically spring!
First up was a sledding adventure. Everyone had done a nice job of clearing their sidewalks already, so we mostly pulled or carried the sled on our way to find a "hill" to sled on. A few houses had snow covered pavement, so I pulled Will past those houses for fun.
Ready to launch down the hill! He is terribly afraid of getting frost bite (the school has been drilling that into the kids' head to get them to bundle up for recess), so he has his face down in this photo to keep snow from getting on it. His cheeks were the only part of him exposed.
The snow ended up being too thick and soft for this sled, so we had a little snow ball fight and some fun climbing on this mountain that many weeks of snow plowing had left behind. I got a decent workout hauling that sled, and later that evening we went to the indoor trampoline park for the first time. Will was still asleep when I left for work this morning, so I think he got a good workout, too!
The frostbite fear is both good and bad. I'm glad he's aware of the need to button up, but it does make him afraid to go outside sometimes. He also had a breakdown when we were outside after leaving Ryan's house a few weeks ago. He saw black on the palm of his hand and started bawling because he was certain he was going to lose his hand. We reassured him it was just marker smudges from their drawing time, and that he should pull his hands up into his coat until we walked the one block to the car.
First up was a sledding adventure. Everyone had done a nice job of clearing their sidewalks already, so we mostly pulled or carried the sled on our way to find a "hill" to sled on. A few houses had snow covered pavement, so I pulled Will past those houses for fun.
