Running and Sledding

Yesterday, for his birthday, Ryan decided to go torture himself on snowshoes with some other crazy Trail Monsters :-) They headed up to Rangeley for the Maine Snowshoe Championship, and were gone most of the day, so it was just Sam and I. The Y was closed for a swim meet, so there was no swimming. Luckily, we managed to keep ourselves amused and Sam was great all day. We worked on her valentine cards for her classmates, went out to lunch, and got outside in the early afternoon for an hour+ of sledding and playing in the snow. It was warm and sunny with no wind; in other words perfect for playing out in the snow with a 4-year old. We had a great time. When Ryan got home and showered up, we headed out for an early and very yummy birthday dinner at Little Toyko and then next door for gelato and a few riveting games of dominos and Connect Four. It was a great way to spend a Saturday!

This morning, I met up with Amy bright and early at the Pineland Market for a run. We headed out on the roads onto "Gnarls" loop, a lovely but very hilly 6.5 mile loop that wandered through along the back roads, past farms and big stretches of forest. We had a great time catching up both while running and enjoying a cup of coffee and bagels afterwards in the Market. Glad to see her running again!

Later in the afternoon, with the sun once again shining and temps in the mid-20s, we headed back out to the sledding hill, with Ryan in tow this time. Again, we had a lot of fun, and Sam did great walking up the hill time and time again by herself. She requested a few runs with all of us on the tube, which had us all laughing until the third run during which we all tumbled off. There was a bit of crying at that point, but otherwise she held up well for almost an hour and a half in the snow.

Happy sledder!

Woohoo!

Smiley girl

Sledding