Tuesday, February 3, 2009

More Winter Pics

They say that feeding time is the best time to see the animals at the zoo. It seems to be a good time to capture the elusive creature I spoke about in my last post. As you can see, he was so busy eating he never even tried to dodge my camera!
The best place to sled on our property is behind the house. It's a short but steep enough hill that starts by our oak tree and ends on our driveway. So unless Dad plows, it's a great ride. The only problem is, sometimes they go so fast I'm afraid they are going to go over the edge and into the woods on the other side of the driveway. I had to show them how to aim their sleds and to bail out if they are getting too close.



Sammy on the edge.

Catching snowflakes.
Danny really wanted to learn how to ice skate. When everything iced over he knew he would finally have a chance. Undaunted by my skepticism, he grabbed the 1 pair of skates that we have, (I'm not even sure where they came from) went out on the driveway and within minutes he was up and skating. He used the trash can for stability at first, but set that asside fairly quickly.
The best (and worst) part is that this part of the driveway is on the North side of the house and is always in the shade so it takes a lot longer to melt. Danny was excited to have his own private skating rink for 3 or more days. I am thankful for traction control on my van!

3 comments:

Kelly said...

Bonnie, I love your pictures! You catch such great moments! And that Danny sure is brave! And very creative! I wouldn't have thought to do that! :)

cb4swife said...

I got to catch up with you posts today...what fun. I love, love, love your pictures...you have such a knack (sp?) for capturing moments. I loved the update too...lots going on for you all...I agree with Klly...Danny is very brave and so very creative :)God Bless...Shannon

Anonymous said...

I saw your name on a comment as was reminded of your blog, so I wandered over. It was fun to catch up, and I love that you post so many pictures. I think the one of Kate catching snowflakes on this post was my favorite :)