So a few weeks ago, we had some amazing storms that left a blizzard sitting on our mountain for a few days. We {with the rest of the valley} loaded up our kids and tried to find some fluffy white stuff to play in, freeze in, marvel at... you know, do what we do best when it actually looks like winter around here! :O)
The main access road was blocked off by, I believe, the forest service at the base of the mountain, so we didn't even try that route. We instead ventured up the west end and tried our luck on the hard-packed, icy road. We got pretty far up, but when we were sliding more than we were driving, we decided that would be a good time to turn around and find a place to "play". I put that in quotes because little did we know that our girls were about to turn into crying... blobs!
We opened the doors and immediately Madi informed us that this wasn't such a good idea and she was ready to go home. Maelee took about 45 min but eventually she caved in and copied Madi's sentiments... her rather loud, wailing sentiments! Instead of playing, we built a fire {meaning we got the dry wood burning with a blow torch... and had to keep the torch on it or it would die!}, set up our camp chairs and watched Bear run around. That's our dog, we don't have an actual bear...
The camera died, so I didn't get any pics of the girls huddled together, drinking hot cocoa, but it had enough juice left at the end of the trip to get this one last pic.
When all was loaded back up, and we had the 2 drama queens on defrost in the truck, Clint asked the ever-present question of most parents who attempt these "fun" family outings, "What the &%$*@# were we thinking?!?"
Ah, great memories! :O)
2 comments:
Yeah, snow and kids really don't mix too well. They always beg to go, and then decide it's really not that fun. Honestly, it doesn't sound that fun to me either! ;) It probably has to do with not having the right attire for the wet cold. But props to you as parents for trying!!
P.S. That is a super-cute pic of you and Clint!
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