Fun in the snow

Bruce and I went outside with the kids for a little while this afternoon...

 We tried sledding down our little hill, but the crust of ice on top of our six inches of snow just wasn't quite right (of course, it doesn't help that the only sled we have is a baby one, so our kids have to squash up to sit on it...a 'real' sled is on our get-list!).

 Sliding down the slide into a pile of snow worked much better!

 After tramping around the yard in two rousing rounds of "follow the leader" and putting out bread and water for the birds, the sleet started again and we went inside, where we are enjoying the obligatory hot chocolate and are getting all tucked in with books for a long winter's nap...