Children playing, having fun

It would be wrong not to document today's snowy adventures. Daddy took the boys out one at a time sledging.

So today, daddy writes:

 First Bean and I went out as Pumpkin had showed no interest in going out in the cold we thought we'd venture a little further than yesterday. We trekked through the town and asked someone with a child on their sledge if we were on the right track for good slopes. After crossing the railway line and following a small crowd up a rise we came across a valley full of people hurling themselves down various slopes on a variety of objects from plastic bags to toboggans with steering wheels.

At first Bean showed a reluctance to join me on the sledge. So we decided to try a small side slope. Despite some big bumps and lumps we had a whale of a time and by the bottom Bean was hooked. We progressed down faster and longer slopes as the afternoon progressed with Bean even doing a few solo runs. A flask of hot chocolate cleverly supplied by mummy fueled us. We ended up going down the fastest slope at high speed both screaming all the way. In the middle of all this I realised we had gone a long way round to end up just up the road from home. As the light faded we start for home. It was then mummy called saying Pumpkin would now like to come out.

A rapid slide home and a lightening change over meant Pumpkin and I headed to the field with the streetlights popping on at a rapid rate. I was worried we'd get no time sledging because it was dark. But a couple street lights cast enough of a glow that you could see the slope. Pumpkin had a similar reaction to Bean when he saw the hill, but took less persuading to get on. Once the first run was done there was similar enthusiasm. In fact so much that the second run was straight down the fastest slope. We did a few runs down there and then Pumpkin did two solo runs. He fell off on the second one doing a fair rate of knots, but came up smiling. We decided to call it a day. 

Both boys had a great time and Daddy got a little (read great big) thrill out of it. As I write Bean is still up, using energy from where I do not know. Pumpkin flaked about half an hour ago but I think his 4th birthday will be remembered in part for his night sledging.

Meanwhile back at home with mummy: Pumpkin finished off his t-shirt, played endless star wars angry birds and watched a little iplayer as well as taking phone calls from family, eating cake and being inseparable from his new guitar.

Happy Birthday Pumpkin