Three days of school closings in a row. We had to get out of the house today. I don't think any family friendly magazine would actually recommend our ice day activity, but we tried it anyway. We went ice sledding on the little hill in our backyard.
It was absolutely hilarious and luckily my Walnut is a tough nut and didn't mind slip slidding all over the place. He took dozens of nasty spills, but laughed through the whole thing.
We had a complete blast and finally discovered a way to burn off some of our cabin fever. Here is my honest, real mom opinion (rating 1-5 astericks).
Set up: (****) Getting on all those layers and finding sets of gloves took some time.
Equipmentment (****) We didn't have matching gloves for everyone, but we were all covered with something.
Rules: (*****) None. The kids quickly learned the only way up an ice covered hill is groping along the neighbor's fence, but they had a great time trying other methods.
Minutes before complaining: (*****) 15. Although there were some comments of sore butts and cold toes, they were all said with a laugh.
Minutes before both kids quit: (*****) Over two hours. (!!!!)
Summary: This could be very dangerous and not for whimps. My very girlie peanut didn't even come out until the tough Walnut convinced her it was awesome. Even she had fun skating on the ice and sledding down the hill. I wouldn't recommend this without making you sign a wavier first, but we loved it and will be doing it again tomorrow. That's right. School's already been called off tomorrow.
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