Sledding Fun

We knew for sure while we were home we wanted to take Jackson sledding. I was going to brave the cold so I could experience Jackson's first time with him. We decided to go sledding Monday morning and it was probably the coldest day while we were home. We all bundled up in more layers than a kit-kat bar has and were fatter than Frosty! Brian's parents right down the street from Buttermilk Hill so we drove down and went sledding there.

Grandpa Mel pulling Garrison and Jackson up to the hill. Jackson wasn't a fan of just being pulled in the sled.

But, he LOVED going down the hill with daddy!

Where's Jackson?

Since I bundled all up, I made sure I got to go down the hill a few times too! Jackson squealed with delight the whole way down and as soon as we got to the bottom he said, "again!"

Going down is fun and easy, coming up is a different story. I only have a picture of Brian carrying Jackson up the hill, but I actually carried him more times! Definitely a good work out!

I think we only went down 4 or 5 times because it was FREEZING and the wind was blowing hard, but Jackson was sold that sledding was FUN!

Right after sleeding on Monday morning things took a turn for the worse. Brian got the flu and Jackson got the diarrhea. I shipped Brian to his parent's house to rest and keep the germs away from us. I spent most of Monday and Tuesday cleanning poopy sheets and clothes and de-germing my parent's house.

By Wednesday they both were on the mend and it had warmed up quite a bit so we decided to try the sledding thing again. However, on the drive over to Brian's parent's house Jackson fell alseep. I ended up going sledding with my dad, Garrison, Mel, Jason, and Leo while Jackson napped and Brian played Scrabble with his mom. I actually got warm sledding this day:)

Jackson woke up right when we all got back from sledding. He wanted to go outside and shovel with Leo.

"Mom, How do I walk in all this snow?"

What a beautiful crisp winter day!

Grandpa Mel always has the BEST ideas! He created a nice little slope for Jackson to sled down right in the front lawn.

Jackson didn't miss out on the sledding fun after all and we had less way to walk to take him back to the top!

I think sledding may be the only "pro" to the cold winter weather in Wisconsin.

It was a good thing we got two days of sledding in when we did, because the rain and warmer (like 34 degrees) came and melted it all gone!