The Theede Backyard Winter Olympics

Today we felt motivated to play in the snow after watching the Winter Olympics the last couple days. We have a nice little slope in our backyard that we hoped would be good for sledding. Avery got a cool saucer sled for Xmas from Auntie Kiley and Behrang, and we wanted to try it out. (Side note to Grandpa Denny & co.- no parked cars were near the sledding area!!) While it wasn't exactly the same speed as the Luge track, it actually worked!

Sledding Fun from Beth Theede on Vimeo.

We have several inches of fluffy snow on top of the layer of ice from the Xmas winter storm, which made getting to the top of the hill an Olympic event in itself! We called it Ice Climbing. Mommy was awarded the bronze medal for successfully lugging two little girls and a saucer sled up the hill several times.

Madelyn wasn't so sure she liked the snow until she got a turn on the sled by herself. THEN things got fun. She even invented her own event... "Snow Crawling." She looked a like a pink astronaut trying to walk in the snow, and that just wasn't fast enough for her, so she took to crawling. She got a face full of snow, but she got to where she was going.

Madelyn in the Snow from Beth Theede on Vimeo.

Avery won the gold medal in the Snow Angel event. Madelyn was disqualified, as she refused to lay down.

And the best part was coming inside (15 minutes later) for hot chocolate and marshmallows.... LOTS of marshmallows!

P.S. Other event results- Paul claims the gold medal in the "Bundle Up"; Beth grabbed a silver for "Un-Bundling." Medals still up for grabs in the "Put-All-Snow-Gear-Away-Neatly" event...