Sleigh All Day

We upped our sledding game big time this season. At first we began with the one saucer sled we've had since we lived in Boston. It will get you down the hill and it has brakes which help a bit.

At the end of the day, it's just a thin piece of plastic and not terribly exciting.

 To make things interesting, I did dollar challenges. At first it was to go down the steepest part of the hill without brakes. Always eager to earn money, Liesel didn't think twice about it.

Sydney on the other hand just needed a little courage and the comfort of those brakes. The funny thing is that using the brakes makes the sled spin around so she ended up going down backwards. Even so she had lots of fun- hence the "That was the BEST!!!" at the end.

A few days later we decided to try sledding after dark. Brent was just finishing up work so we convinced him to go along as well. Not that he needed much convincing. My California boy was as eager to get out and play in the snow as the girls and by now the girls were not only tackling hills with no brakes, they were doing the runs with small bumps and doing spinnies. 

The girls were starting to clean me out with those dollar challenges, but it was all in good fun as they became more and more brazen on those slopes! By this time we also invested in a couple of inflatable sleds. The ice dragon and penguin not only look pretty hilarious on the hills, but they act as shock absorbers. 

I love Brent's chuckle as Ireland screams a warning to her sisters to be careful of the bump just before they hit it.

The last dollar challenge was the steepest hill with the most bumps. The girls could really catch some air on that one. By now they were pretty confident in their sledding abilities. First Liesel:

Then Gita (love her squeal of joy):

Finally Ireland:

Sydney needed some encouragement and as it turns out, I'm a bit of a chicken myself- ha!

We've had so many laughs on those hills!