a sledding we will go

we decided to take the boys sledding on saturday
at chris's parents.
their neighbor across the street has a huge hill that we always go to.
the boys were so excited about going.
mason was so cute in his snowpants that i had to get a picture...
but he didn't want his picture taken.
he kept waddling around the house, running from me saying,
"don't take my picture, mom!"
because of the thick pants he was wearing and the thick snowpants
over his other pants, he waddled like a penguin.
it was the funniest thing watching him waddle through the house
trying to run from the camera.

he's still running.......

running some more.....

finally we got him dressed to the max, and headed off to grandma's.
if we got in a car accident on the way there,
he was all set as far as padding goes.
we had to extend his car seat straps a whole bunch
just so he would fit in his seat!

almost ready to walk across the street to the big hill!

grandpa went down the hill and sled right into cole as he was
trying to walk back up the hill!

here goes mason and daddy!
mason's first time down a hill on a sled!

he liked going down the hill and said "whoo-hoo" the whole way down,
but coming back up was a different story.
he didn't like the feeling of falling backwards as his daddy
pulled him back up the hill.
and he especially didn't like it when he flipped backwards off the sled.
i wish i had my camera ready to snap when that happened!
it was hilarious!
like watching slow motion.
his feet went up in the air, and he tumbled backwards on his head
and landed face down in the snow.
he cried, of course.

it didn't make him feel any better about sledding when his "bapa"
put him in a sled all by himself.
he was crying and saying,
"no, bapa! no! i wanna see bwana!"
it was so funny, cute, and pathetic all at the same time.
his bapa just kept saying,
"no. c'mon! it'll be fun!"
he kept crying and telling him he didn't want to, but .........

bapa pushed him down the hill anyways.
the whole time he was saying "no"
as he went down the hill.
i carried him back up to the hill and
his baba took him home to his bwana.

chris showed off his snowboarding abilities.

cole and i raced down the hill.
cole won.
i went off the track and flipped over half way down the hill.

cole and chris raced down the hill a few times too.

all done.
back to grandma's to have hot chocolate.