Sledding and Knitting

Well, it finally snowed again.  I was waiting ever so patiently for a big snow so we could take Jack sledding.  We missed the last one, timing is everything.  We went to Ft. Benjamin Harrison State Park where they have an awesome sledding hill.  Maybe too awesome!  We started by just pulling him around and the look on his face was priceless.  Pure Joy!  Jack would have been happy with just being pulled around on the sled, but I wanted to go down the hill!  Luckily he was too excited to be scared.  Or maybe the other way around, not sure, but it was fun.  The first time we went down, we turned and twisted, got up speed, then finally CRASHED!  I thought Jack was going to cry, but as soon as we stopped moving, he said........

"I wanna go 'gain!"

So, we hiked back up the giant hill.  Actually I carried him.  Boy, am I out of shape!  We got to the top, I caught my breath, then we got situated and went again.  Same thing, except this time, we got a splattering of snow on our faces.  Jack didn't like that too much!  He started to cry this time and I thought, "Oh crap, maybe this was too much for him" but then we both started laughing and I decided that we should not press our luck anymore.  Leland then took Jack around on the sled a little more and then we went to get burgers.  Pretty good trip, if I do say so myself!

Oh yeah, when Leland was pulling Jack around he heard some kid tell his dad:  "Daddy, those are the sleds that crash!", in reference to our sled.  Now you tell us!

A couple more things:

Evie was in the car with Leland, sleeping (Evie, not Leland)

I finally finished knitting my hat!  See I'm wearing it in the picture, let me show you again:

I got the pattern from this website:

http://ttwcreative.blogspot.com/2009/02/got-blues-berini-new-free-hat-pattern.html

It's called I got the blues berini, but obviously mine is pink.  I used Cotton Ease from Lion Brand Yarn in Azaela.  It's a cheap yarn you can find at Michaels, and I love the way it knits.   I think I needed one more row of the pattern to make it more slouchy, but oh well.  It's a finished project, which is a rarity for me!