We took Abby on her first ride on the beautiful sled from Uncle Jim and Aunt Ruth. I had no idea how deep the snow in our back yard was, which did not help create a fun experience. Sleds do not work well in mid-thigh deep snow. Sleds also do no pull well when the adult keeps falling into the snow because it is too deep. I finally ended up carrying Abby and the sled to a good spot for pictures and just setting them down. Abby was enjoying her sled until she decided to put her un-mittened hand into the snow. 
Now this is totally my fault, since I made the deliberate choice not to put mittens on Abby. Her jacket is long enough in the sleeves to completely cover her hands, and knowing that I wanted just a couple pictures I figured putting mittens on Abby would certainly result in tears, which would make for bad pictures. We got tears anyway when Abby decided to lean over and stick her hands in the snow. Burr! So here is the progression of pictures from yesterday's sledding. First picture - 
happy and smiling because we just came out and Maize is funny in the snow. Second picture - Abby sticking her hands into the snow. Third picture - after we came inside while she was still crying because she didn't like the cold snow. She cried for a good 5 minutes, even after I had rubbed her hands and gave her a bottle. From now on I am just going to deal with crying because I put mittens on her instead!So there was our first attempt at some outdoor pictures with the beautiful sled. We are going to have to try again later with a little less snow. Maybe in the driveway or something...
