We got some totally unexpected snow yesterday (supposed to be sleet and freezing rain). It was really WET snow with HUGE flakes and around 2pm when it stopped we had about 6 inches. It did start to melt quite quickly when around 4pm it started drizzling. It was a ton of fun while it lasted though. We had gone to church and driving home after sunday school around 11:20am the roads were HORRIBLE. Alex and Gary went sledding down various hills and discovered that the snow wasn't so great for sleds or saucers, so they came back and made a big snowman, which the snow was PERFECT for. Ben "helped" me shovel. He went down on the saucer with Alex once and he did seem to enjoy himself, but didn't want to go down again. Alex, Mr. Snow, could've stayed outside forever just playing in the snow, making snow angels, sliding down the hills on his bottom, forming snowballs and throwing them at anything and everything.
We had quite the busy weekend. On Saturday, Gary went skiing with Alex again (this is the 2nd trip they've taken since we got back from our week in Utah skiing). Gary said Alex was amazing. He's totally comfortable getting on and off the chairlift and goes down the trails with ease. At the top of one trail, Alex told Gary to go down one trail and Alex would go down another and they would then meet at the bottom!! Gary, thankfully, said he didn't think so. Then Alex wanted to enlist Gary into making a "pattern" while they ski - they both would crisscross the mountain on opposite sides and then meet in the middle (like making figure 8's on the slopes).....Gary said that worked quite well. Alex came home happy and excited of his accomplishments. Alex will crisscross the mountain when the terrain is steep and knows to go straight to pick up speed on the flatter surfaces. He stops great and when he does fall (which isn't often), he picks himself right back up with no complaining and just keeps going down. I just love that this is something he and Gary can do together...
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