Outside Adventure

Xavier and Brodie have not been able to go outside very much because it is so cold outside.  Yes, in fact, the news reporter advised that any skin that was left exposed may become frostbitten within 30 min. and you had better not sweat either because it would freeze.

But before the scary warnings, way back last week when in was way up in the 20's and one day the news even exclaimed in text: High of 40o today !!!  (Yes there were 3 exclamation marks. ), X and Brodie did get to venture out a little.

X and his mommy tried sledding down some sort of slope. His mommy tried to pack the snow into a path by scooting down pushing with her feet along the sides.  After doing this a few times and getting the snow kinda packed she set Xavier up on the sled and gave him a helping push.  Away he went, for a whole 4 ft. So she nudged him along some more and again a few times.  "Lets try that again" she suggested, so they went back to the top of the sort of slope and, determined to give her son the experience of sledding down a hill, she ran pushing him most of the way down.

Pleased and exhausted, she picked up a hand-full of snow, squeezed it into an oddly shaped ball and tossed it at X, hitting him square in his overly padded back.  He turned with a sneaky, excited smile already pasted on his pink face.  It was on.  He picked up two hand-fulls of snow and threw it at her. Since he did not know how to make a snowball, his mommy was showered in dusty snow.  Over and over he got hit in various places on his jacket and backside of his pants. He got better too, getting in some good hits.  His trash talk was much better than his aim though.  He would taunt "Miiiiist Meeeee"  even after he was hit by a good one.

Then they made the much anticipated Abominable Snowman.  Well he wasn't eight feet high, he was closer to 3 feet, and his head was balanced precariously on top, but he did have red eyes.  X was sure to make that happen, so his mommy went inside in search of two read buttons.  They were small, but she found them. She cut a tip off of a carrot for the nose, because the whole carrot would be way too big for this Abominable Snowman.

A few days later, after the snow started to melt a little more (In fact it was the 40o!!!! day) X and Brodie went for a bike ride with their Mommy and Daddy.  Daddy had lined up X's big wheel and Brodies scooter in the garage then opened the garage door as they climbed on.  And they're off! Well X was.  Brodie didn't know how to work the scooter so his Mommy pushed him as he stood with both feet up.  Down the hill they raced. X was in the lead with Daddy while Mommy tried showing Brodie how to push himself with one leg.  He quickly realized he could go much faster and with much less effort if his Mommy pushed him so, like a freeloader, he kept his feet up. X only ran into the snow on the side of the road a dozen or so times saying "Woopsy" and correcting himself.  He has gotten really good at riding his big wheel. But his challenge came when they had to go back up the hill.

This isn't a cliff hanger.  He made it up with the help of his mommy because daddy was now pushing Brodie and they went in and had hot chocolate and life was yummy.