Sledding

We had to literally drag Madie out of the house to go sledding, she was not interested at all! We later found out she had a fever...which explains a lot. She is just so hesitant to try new things, that we often have to force her into them to make her realize "Hey, I like this!", which is the outcome 90% of the time.

After her first ride down the hill, Madie had this little smile on her face that she tried to mask...SEE WHAT I MEAN?!? The kid needs to be pushed onto the plank every once in a while! The Finn-Man even got a ride down, but didn't have much of a reaction. I guess that's good though.

Madie went down a couple more times, then called it a day.

Finn was really tired, so we just brought his car seat out and dropped him in to let him sleep.

I got to brush up on my snowskate skills...still there.

Mal even gave the snowskate a whirl.

Madie was pretty content watching, but was ready to head home. Once we got there, Madie curled up in her blanket on the couch and I don't think she left the couch until we put her to bed that night. Poor Madie, fevers are so uncomfortable. 

A FEW DAYS LATER....

 

I would say that one of Madie's favorite things to do in the snow is blaze trails by trudging through waist-deep powder. She was outside in 20 degree weather for over an hour. I even had to convince her to come in! She loves it though.

And she likes just plopping down and sitting in the snow. She may make a snow angel, or just move her mittens around in the powder. It especially helps now that Mumma made some new liners for her boots that keep her feet warm.