Several days before we got to Roanoke a blizzard came through. No exaggaration - 18 inches of snow in two days! I wanted so bad to be there when the snow started falling. Luckly, there was still plenty left when we arrived.
Carrington wasn't sure what to think of the snow at first. She couldn't walk, let alone stand up in the white stuff. It was freezing her hands and she wasn't sure why. She had to wear a hat and baby girl thinks nothing of a hat on her head. Basically, she was wondering where the beach was! No worries though, mama showed her the way and in no time at all, she was ready to have a good time. Which included...making snow angels, sledding with mama and dada, and throwing snow balls with MeMe. Even Bear Dog got in on the action!
Once Carrington was ready to go in and warm up with her Meme, Aaron and I took off for the hill behind our house. There is a really big hill that we grew up sledding on every year. I swear, when we were kids it snowed like this a lot and we would live on that hill. There are few times in my adult life where I've done something that made me feel like a kid again. Let me tell you, this was one of them! I loved every minute of sledding down that hill. I honestly felt like I was 12 again! It was such a great experience to share that time with Aaron too. There was a dad, sitting in his truck, watching his boys go down the hill. I could just feel my dad there with me, like when I was 12, and he use to take us sledding. He had as much fun as we did, that was the moment I was living that day!
Carrington has no snow gear being that she is a beach baby. Mom and I went to the store and bought the only snowsuit we could find for a baby girl - size 3-6 months! Haha, she is 14 months old (today)! We found the best pair of "snow" boots avaliable and headed home to start the process of going out in the snow. Meanwhile, Aaron took off looking for a plastic sled. My mom has our Radio Flyer sleds but they don't do well in deep snow. We needed something that would sit up high, and take off flying. This was Aaron's first time sledding, so I had it in my mind to show him a high flying time! Unfortunately, Roanoke has not seen snow like this in years so the stores didn't order sleds in time for the snow. There was no way we weren't going sledding! Thank goodness my neighbors still had their plastic sled from the early 1990's!
Carrington wasn't sure what to think of the snow at first. She couldn't walk, let alone stand up in the white stuff. It was freezing her hands and she wasn't sure why. She had to wear a hat and baby girl thinks nothing of a hat on her head. Basically, she was wondering where the beach was! No worries though, mama showed her the way and in no time at all, she was ready to have a good time. Which included...making snow angels, sledding with mama and dada, and throwing snow balls with MeMe. Even Bear Dog got in on the action!
Once Carrington was ready to go in and warm up with her Meme, Aaron and I took off for the hill behind our house. There is a really big hill that we grew up sledding on every year. I swear, when we were kids it snowed like this a lot and we would live on that hill. There are few times in my adult life where I've done something that made me feel like a kid again. Let me tell you, this was one of them! I loved every minute of sledding down that hill. I honestly felt like I was 12 again! It was such a great experience to share that time with Aaron too. There was a dad, sitting in his truck, watching his boys go down the hill. I could just feel my dad there with me, like when I was 12, and he use to take us sledding. He had as much fun as we did, that was the moment I was living that day!
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