Sledging!

This has been the "winter of all winters" for England so far! There has been snow on the ground for over three weeks now, which is very rare for this area. For the past two winters, we have had occasional snowfalls which usually melted by noon-time. Last year we had one bigger snow storm that left snow on the ground for a few days. But this year, the snow seems to keep coming, and the temperature is staying low.

The kids were supposed to return to school last week, but only had school once! The roads really are terrible. There aren't many snow plows here, and they use grit instead of salt on the roads.

Anyway, back when we lived in Maryland and were deciding what things to bring with us to the UK, we decided to leave the kids' sleds behind. Someone had told us how England never gets a lot of snow, so we assumed the sleds would be useless. Boy, are we regretting that now! All this snow and no sleds.

Thankfully, our very kind friends and neighbors invited us to go sledging with them last week. We walked to a local field where there is a perfect hill. The kids had a blast, or course, sliding down the hill and building ramps to fly off of! I was so thankful for Kathy H. and Mickey S. who generously shared their sleds and patiently walked Maddie up that hill so many times while I had Collin on my back! (And for Kathy who brought us all back to her house for some hot cocoa afterwards.) Enjoy the pictures (also courtesy of my friend, Kathy)!