January 10 - Ice, no snow

Jake riding around the back yard

Get ready...

Slide!!

Jake crunching on some ice

Ryan trying some frozen treats!

Pushing the boys down the hill... 1, 2,

3...

GO!!!!

Ryan taking his first trip down the driveway...

He didn't make it very far...

We wised up and got cookie sheets for the next go-around.

Mike's turn...

Straight into the road

Ryan goes again...

and this time with Beth

My turn...

My little "ice" bunnies.

We were supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow...everyone was SURE of it. What did we get -- a trace of snow and a LOT of ICE!!

YUCK!

We still went outside and found a way to have fun, though. We watched Jake and Mr. Tyson trying to slide through the snow in the back yard. The boys took a turn together going down our tiny hill from our yard to theirs. They decided that ice tastes good and had quite a nice time picking out pieces off of the ground to sample. They stomped and crunched all through the ice and enjoyed the noise they made.

Then the adults decided to have a little fun ourselves...what can we use to slide down the driveway? Why, cookie sheets of course!! We had so much fun sliding down our totally ice encrusted driveway over the bump and into the street. More than one of us ended up totally soaking wet! It was a blast. Ryan really got into it. I loved it and went a few times until the last time I busted it over the bump and landed in the slush that we had created in the street. That was enough for me and inside we went to find some dry clothes. All in all, it was a fun hour spent enjoying the ice. Wish we were Atlanta or Columbia - They still had some snow a WEEK LATER!!

January 10, 2011