Shovelling, Snicnic and Sledging

We had tons of snow last night. 

View from front door first thing

View from Small's room looking into back garden

View from landing window looking North

Where does Moo think she's going?  Antarctic?

Once we had our breakfast we put on all our thermals, snow pants, gloves, hats, scarves and rushed outside.  The snow was really deep in places.

Small can't understand my fascination with tree photography!

Looking back towards the house from the bottom of the garden 

Snowballs were thrown, the start of a snowman was made, faces drawn in the snow, sledging up and down the garden.

Me pulling Smallest along the garden in the new sledge from Grandma and Grandad

Small shovelling, Huffle pulling sledge and Smallest and Moo trying to take photos

Small's snow picture of a face

Me and Small

Then it was down to hard work.  Shovelling the snow off the drive.  We didn't think we had a long drive but when it's full of snow, it's certainly long enough.

Smallest and Huffle scraping the snow and ice off my car

While we were clearing the drive, the post man arrived.  Smallest went and waited till he got out, hoping that he would deliver some post to our mailbox.  Bless him, there wasn't any.  It wasn't till later that we realised it was the parcel man and the postman arrived later with some mail and a parcel from our wonderful friends the Chappos, who had sent us a letter and some Cadbury's chocs to hang on our tree.  Thanks Chappos.  There was also some post from the DotDots.  A Christmas card, a new home card, a mask for Smallest from his mate Art and a card for Small from his best friend Bomberdill.  Thanks DotDots.

When it was time for a break we had a little 'snicnic' a snowy picnic.  Moo made flasks of coffee and hot chocolate and we had a choccy bar from our Christmas supplies.

We had 'make do' chairs which we made out of my summer tyres.

The boys look like little old men drinking their tea!  They had hot Choc.

Where do you want this tyre chair?

A lovely -7 (with a windchill making it feel like -17) snow picnic.

Whoops Smallest fell in!

It started snowing again.

We messed about a bit more and then went in to get warm.

This afternoon we had a walk (well the boys were pulled on their sledges) to the garage.  Normally this would take only 15-20 minutes, but with the snow piled up and the pulling the sledges it took considerably longer.  The wind was behind us on the way there so it was fairly pleasant but on the way back it was biting.

I insisted that Smallest walk a bit of the way so he would be tired out and not go loopy around the house when we got back but he was having none of it and decided to cry most of the way home till I gave in and let him ride on the sledge part of the way.  His hands had got wet and cold and he couldn't warm them up.  Then I stopped to speak to a neighbour and Small started pummelling me with snowballs in my face while I was talking so when she stopped I got him back, then he cried all the way home too.  That was a fun walk!!

More boxes have been opened and sorted and Huffle found my knitting box.  Hurrah.  I can finish Small's scarf and my friends Christmas present and whatever else I had started but forgotten about.