Sledding...with almost no accidents~my MOTY award is on its way

We took the kids sledding today to a hill I passed every year growing up in the summer, and occassionally in the winter, when driving to my parents summer cottage in Humarock. In the winter I would pine as we drove past watching the kids sled. It looked like so much fun.

This year I thought was a good one to bring all of the kids and it was. They all loved it and we made it through without any serious incidents, except for one that I caused.

Audrey was FLYING down the hill. These kids were going fast and it's a pretty significant hill. She is such a daredevil and has absolutely no fear. She was heading for trees and rocks, which were off to the side. The rest of the hill is pretty wide open and unobstructed, which also makes it such a great place to go. Of course, my kid heads for the side of the mountain where she can get maimed.

I was at the bottom of the hill and, in my fear, jumped in front of her and stopped her with my leg and foot. I thought nothing of it at first until I realized she looked like she was in awful pain yet couldn't cry. I had completely knocked the wind out of her. She began gasping for breath and I waived for my hubby to head down the hill to help me decide if we she have her looked at.

Good thing she didn't. Patrick fought us and went back up the hill to tell his father that I said they could have one more run down. He ignored my frantic waving and took the advice of the 10 year old. Oy...by the time this all played out she had gotten her breath and wanted to go back up the hill~although not before blaming me for hurting her. This is her heading back up:




Sean smashed his face in snow trying to stop himself on a fast trip down. He is scraped and red from the snow but, otherwise unhurt. He doesn't look too bad for someone who landed face down in snow:

Here I am after finally gathering up all the kiddos for a picture before we left:

They're all in one piece and happy. I would call that a successful outing!