Winter is here and we've been having warmer weather than ever. There were only a few really cold days but then the temps come back up which is so nice and we've been trying to enjoy it as much as we can. I love this weather (around freezing) for running outside, but I haven't been able to go at all because early in the morning or after dinner it's too dark for me to go. I wish I could take a lunch break and just go run outside for a bit.
This last weekend we went to Ingrid's house to celebrate Clare's 4th birthday and we had a good time. The cousins have so much fun when they get together, they're really cute. After the cake and presents we headed across the street for some sledding. Even though there wasn't a ton of snow, it worked great and their little but steep hill was a bit faster than what we're used to from TRF. :) So Anika was really scared to go down and Kason had a couple bad wipe-outs which he did not like at all. Towards the end we were finally able to get Ani to go down a few times and she did enjoy it. Kade was trying to stand on his sled as if snowboarding which makes me think he would enjoy skiing or snowboarding. It's too bad we're so far from the real mountains but I plan to take him at least to our tiny ski area. Even that costs a lot of money and if all of us wanted to go skiing there we'd pay about $130 for one day. I don't want to know how much we'd pay at a nice ski area in the mountains. Even so, skiing is such a great sport and I hope to at least introduce our kids to it a little. I've been discovering cross country skiing now since we live on the flattest land there is and I really enjoy it. Sadly, we haven't had enough snow for me to go yet around our house so I hope it will still turn around and I'll be able to ski some on weekends. Last year I finally bought all the equipment I need for it so I've been anxiously waiting for some good snow fall to get out there. But, I am not too pessimistic about this winter yet because our winters and snow usually last until April so it has to come sometime. :) It is funny how in Slovakia and many places in Europe right now have very cold temperatures and more snow than usual because it's like they stole it from us. We're the ones always too cold with too much snow but I'm not complaining one bit. :)
Here's a few pictures and videos from this last week. One video shows Kason crashing and even though it doesn't look very bad, he had a good scratch on his face from it.
by our house - we had a few days of a lot of fog so we would
wake up to frost all over the trees.
all the cousins
Clare is 4!
singing "happy birthday"
Kason would pick up his sled and walk up the hill all by himself - so nice for the parents :)
he had a blast, except for when he crashed a couple times
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