It built up all day, and by evening (dreary, dreary evening, as pictured above) we had a solid 6 inches. So when we woke up today to sunshine, sledding was the obvious daytime activity.
First, we had to go to walmart, where we purchased the only remaining "snow bougie" or something, which is like a boogie board for snow. The dude told us that it was "out of season" for normal-type saucer sleds. Whatever. It's January! Anyway, snowthingy purchased, we headed to Patterson Park and joined the mostly 12-and-under crowd.
That's me at the top of the hill sitting down. This is how I sled in style:
So graceful. Feet drag slows you down!! There was some random dude there with tons of sleds, so Sarah and I were able to borrow one to go down together.
That was way fun. By the way, sledding is exhausting and you pretty much need the endless energy of a small child to keep at it indefinitely, so after an hour we were pretty beat and we decided to go play in the snow. Snow angles & men commenced.
The tiniest snowman in the woooooorld! So cute. Sarah's had a bit of a problem.
Anyway, thus concludes my day frolicking in the snow. I get to do it next weekend too, at Brandon's departmental retreat, so this was mere practice for real tubing! Fun fun fun.
You know you are adapting to cold winters when you don't think twice about:
1) Wearing tights under your pants to further trap body heat
2) Using a broom to sweep massive amounts of snow off your car
3) How many layers are appropriate for each level of cold. Somehow I just know how much clothing I need now.
The only disappointment about today was that walmart did not have rock band 1 for xbox. Not surprising, but still disappointing. I want all the songs I learned how to play on.
