Sledding!

Today we went up the road to a place called Burger Hill to take Gavin sledding. He really liked sledding down the tiny hill we have in the backyard so we were hoping he would enjoy a real sledding experience.

Once Gavin and Scott were all dressed for the cold (it was cold and windy but at least the sun was out), they headed up the hill. It was great because we had the whole place to ourselves! Dane was passed out in his car seat so instead of bundling him and myself up and putting him in the Beco, I stayed with Dane at the car and just jumped out to take a few pictures and some video (and to make sure Scott and Gavin were okay. 

Gavin had a great time going down a few times but then found the other side of the hill and the little pond and it was difficult to get him to refocus on why we were there. He is obsessed with all things water related, especially outside. Whether it is splashing in puddles, throwing rocks in water, spraying the hose, or spray bottles, once he finds a way to play in/with water it is difficult to get him to so anything else. We convinced him to go back up the hill to sled but this time Scott took him up higher. He had done so well, he had to be able to handle up higher. No such luck. He ended up hitting a bump and the sled tipped and Gavin didn't understand he needed to let go and instead went part way down on the iced over snow on his face. Awesome. His face is pretty scraped up and he was very unhappy (rightfully so). 

That ended our sledding for the day but after Gavin calmed down he happily jumped in the puddles/iced mud and threw rocks at them for a bit before we headed home for nap time. Despite the unfortunate ending, we had a lot of fun and look forward to more snow and sledding this winter!