SNOW Buddies!

Presidents Day and Martin Luther King Day are similar holidays in that they both fall in the middle of the month, they come at the coldest time of the year and the kids get a day off from school. They both seem like kind of useless holidays that is unless you’re the one that gets the day off. The major problem I find with these holidays is that I have to figure out what to do with a free day, 2 boys, lots of snow, freezing cold temps and no plans! Personally, if I were given the choice, we’d stay inside, watch movies, eat popcorn and just keep warm...but that’s not what the boys wanted to do!

After only a few hours of hanging out and watching TV, Hayden and Connor decided that they wanted to go out and pull the sled behind the 4 wheeler and take full advantage of the snow that we had just received the day before. It was actually a pretty good idea as long as I didn’t have to go out with them. At first their plan worked well because Hayden got to have the fun of driving the 4 wheeler through the fresh snow in the pasture and Connor had the fun of getting to ride on the sled behind him. About midway through their fun though, Hayden decided that he wanted to have a turn on the sled too...and wondered if he could let Connor drive the 4 wheeler all by himself, since we had been trying to teach Connor how to drive the 4 wheeler anyway! Uh! I only had one response to that...NO! Sadly, I had no desire to get all bundled up and go out and pull him either, so they just had to be content with the way they were doing it. Then Jon and Brittney showed up and saved the day!

Connor is already to go!

Hot doggin' through the snow!

Hang on Connor!

Hayden finally had someone willing to go out in the cold and pull him behind the 4 wheeler...Jon! Brittney even braved the cold and went out and rode along with Jon on the 4 wheeler. It really didn’t look like any fun to me as I watched them through the sliding glass door, but they sure seemed to enjoy it and that was worth a lot! The one thing that I knew for sure was that when they finally quit and came inside, they were both sopping wet from falling off in the snow so much! It’s a good thing they had their snow gear on!

Hit it!

Does this really look fun?

They LOOK like they're having fun!