Sunday was a MUCH better day to go sledding. So after packing up at the motel, we loaded up and headed back over to Nevada to our beloved sledding slope.
Since the family photo the day before was such a fiasco - I wanted to grab one at the beginning of our trip.
Drew was patient enough for one take, and then it was time to get a few runs in!
Here's a video of Daddy & Drew sledding...
Drew was happy being the line leader and getting the farthest down the hill.
After getting enough sled runs in, we decided to play in the snow for a bit before heading home - and I mean home.
Then the boys decided to throw snowballs at the photographer - me. Drew thought it was pretty funny when he nailed me.
What a weekend! For the first time since living in Minnesota I felt the bitter cold - the cold that's so biting it freezes your nostrils closed as you breathe. And that was just so I could cross the parking lot at the hotel for a cup of coffee.
Just look at how much snow we woke up to Saturday morning!
OK so that was the mound left behind by the plow just inside our motel parking lot. But it gives you an idea of just how much snow the South Lake Tahoe area received in the past 3 weeks - since we were there last.
Then we made the gorgeous drive up to our snow sledding location.
Some of the roads in Nevada hadn't seen a plow in a while - good thing we had the chains on all weekend!
Here's a comparison shot of just how much snow our little sledding hill picked up in a couple of weeks. The picture on the left was Drew earlier this month - the right that same fence post - perhaps 12 inches above the snow level. That railing in the background... completely buried.
In fact there were several areas that were so deep as we tried making our way up the sledding hill - Drew was completely buried!
Sledding itself was pretty rough on Saturday. Really powdery and there weren't any sled runs already made - we had to make our own. That lead to a cranky child because he wasn't getting anywhere. So we decided to just play in the snow for a while.
Here's a little video of Drew playing with his "big ones" as he practiced those Rocky moves.
I tried to take one more family shot at the end, but Drew was DONE! So we piled back into the car and enjoyed the view on the slow drive back to the hotel for naps.
OK well Mommy and Daddy managed a catnap, but Drew had nothing. So we ventured out around Heavenly Village for some hot chocolate and a look around an art museum that was showing some of Dr. Seuss' artwork.
It was a gorgeous sunset!
We stopped for some pizza and enjoyed the rest of the evening in our warm and cozy motel room! The big fun came on Sunday.
Oh as I sit here in my nice cozy house seeing the news reports and reading the Facebook updates about the Minneapolis/St. Paul being covered with a blizzard - I figured it was appropriate to share the "snow" pictures I took from my phone this weekend from our neck of the woods.
I know that's just what my Minnesota family and friends want to see - more snow!
This first picture was from the city south of us as we were driving to the Santa Clara Valley (Gilroy/Morgan Hill) to do some wine tasting at a "new" group of wineries.
Then on Sunday this was a shot of Mt. Diablo - on Mom & Dad's side (facing Concord). For those that aren't familiar, Mt. Diablo is our closest "Mountain". It's roughly 3,800' high.
See, we know how to do snow.... contain it to the mountaintops.
If you haven't figured out yet, Drew is all Rocky. All the time. You have to check out this video of Drew boxing with Daddy as he's trying to get his PJ's on for the night. Wait for the surprise ending...
My 3 year old has a problem. Perhaps we should find a support group for him (or maybe us) to learn how to help him overcome his Rocky addiction.
Symptoms:Waking up 2 hours later than normal, refusal to go to school without wearing "Rocky Clothes and shoes", nonstop Rocky Movie watching, humming "Eye of the Tiger" during bedtime stories, doing a spin and run up the "Rocky" stairs at preschool everyday and then air-punching the car, naming the part of the movie he wishes to watch and knowing whether it's on Rocky II, III or IV, hearing the soundtrack and knowing which scene from the movie (and which movie it's from), etc.
Yes, some of these signs leading to a Rocky addiction were spotted yesterday morning by Dave. Drew woke up at nearly 8am (he has been waking up at 5:30 the past several days) and he immediately announced he wouldn't go to school without wearing Rocky clothes. So Dave improvised - since we don't exactly have the 80's sweats that the real Italian Stallion wore in Rocky.
Here's Rocky's Sweats:
Here's Dave's Improvisation:
See the gray shirt, sorta gray/black sweat pants and what you can't see from the Rocky photo, is that he's running in converse shoes. Drew was handed down a pair and now it's IMPOSSIBLE to get him to wear anything else.
And while I was trying to snap the photo on my phone Drew kept wanting to do his "Yo Adrian I did it" impersonation. So I had him do a few things for you - the ending of this video makes me CRACK UP!
So if anyone has a cure for the Rocky disease, let me know. It's not normal that a 3 1/2 year old be this infatuated with everything Rocky!
