The hill Gus has named Mount Deathfall
After the past few snowstorms of late managed to miss us, we were starting to wonder if we were going to get another good snow. Well, we got it today! I took the kids out this afternoon, and we all had a blast.
First, I have to point out that it’s very rare for me to take both kids out in the snow by myself, but DH was trying to get home from work and the neighbors had stopped by to invite us out, so I went for it. Turned out I was the only adult out there with about 7 kids in all, but everyone was having such a good time, and behaving so nicely, I almost could have let my kids hang out on their own. The best part about it was that even though Gus usually chose to keep to himself, they all interacted with him and kept trying to include him.
At one point when Gus was laying in a sled in the center of the bottom of the hill, and not moving when people were hurtling toward him, there was the typical, “What’s wrong with Gus?” But it wasn’t said (as it has been in the past) in a nasty way; it was more a tone of incredulous good humor.
Other highlights included MM getting hit with one of the tubes (the green one at the top of the photo) and landing right on top of it and the rider, who caught her like an expert. It couldn’t have been better timed if we had stunt-man choreography and wires. No one was hurt, but all the boys out there were pretty impressed with her “bravery.” The fact that she picked up a snowboard for the first time and managed to stay up for a few seconds didn’t hurt either. Hell, I was impressed by that!
We were all soaked and freezing by the time we came in, but it was a good afternoon all around.
