Winter Fun

The kids played outside yesterday and today with the Petersons. Cold (20's) but sunny and no wind. It rained last week, but still lots of snow. At least a foot of hard frozen snow cover plus a couple inches of fluff made for ideal sledding conditions. After the last couple snowfalls, they couldn't really play out there; it was too deep. Emily couldn't walk at all as it was waist deep for her. Mike tried sledding, but the sled would founder in it. But the rain hardened everything up and now they can walk on top. They had a blast. I'm glad they're making the most of a pretty snowy winter. Afterwards we watched the Daytona 500 while the kids played some more.

Michael has only 2 hockey practices left. It has been a long season, but he enjoys it so much and has really been improving. His effort has been outstanding all season. Now it's a couple of months to baseball. He wants to try out for Cal Ripken (their version of Little League), but he has to be 9. One more year in the farm league. We'll try to get him in some swimming lessons in between hockey and baseball. Emily could use swimming lessons too, so she'll be a little more self-sufficient this summer at the beach.

Well, that's all for now - still trying to get into a rythym with this blog thing.