Sledding Nightmare

On Saturday I had a truly disastrous time sledding. Seriously. Our first clue that our day would not end well should have been the garbage cans full of broken sleds that we came across:

But we pressed on, and did have a little fun. At first. Jackson and Sadie attempted some snow angels. I say attempted because the snow was solid ice, and therefore did not yield well to snow angels:




Sade and Jackson also tried to throw a few snow balls, but again, found it difficult since the snow was SOLID ICE:



Last time we went sledding (2 years ago), Sadie LOVED it. Flying down the mountain all by herself. This time, not so much......




Lots of whining and crying.

Jackson actually had quite a bit of fun. Except for the one time he plowed down a 6 year old girl on his way down the mountain (she cried a bit, but was fine). In  his defense, she was playing right in the middle of where everyone was sledding! But other than that one mishap, he had a great, pain free time:



The same cannot be said for me. I originally did a little sledding on some minor hills, but then decided to change things up. I climbed to the top of a large hill, looked down and saw that it was riddled with bumps and jumps, thought to myself it was a bad idea, and then proceeded to go down anyway. I will now share with you an entirely unflattering picture of me, so you can see the impact after hurtling through the air:



(Enlarge to see Megan and Jackson's faces. Hilarious)

It felt like I had been in a car crash. I hurt my neck, back, butt, and elbow, and have the bruises to prove it! The kids, Megan especially, kept talking about how high I flew through the air.

Megan, had an encounter with a tree:



She came away uninjured, but obviously the same can't be said of the sled.

After a few more slides down the mountain, Eric, Megan and Jackson decided to make a train. The first attempt was loads of fun for everyone:



The second time down, everything started out fine:



But things soon changed. Eric broke away from the group, and Megan and Jackson came flying down the mountain at top speed:



And then, hit this giant ice snowball at the bottom of the mountain:



Megan's back took the brunt of the impact, and there were lots of tears. Eric mentioned that Megan's extreme ball attraction was at work once again. If there is a ball, even a giant snowball, anywhere near Megan it will hit her.



She recovered, but we decided to call it a day. Thank goodness.



We definitely wore Miss Sade out.