Lockdown Sledging for P.E. and Building Snowmen

It is so rare that we get snow in this country that I had to make the most of it yesterday and finish work on-time for once so that me and the kiddies could head over to Langdon Hills for some sledging! I think we managed to get a good hour and a half in before it A) started getting dark and B) we were all pretty cold and wet.

Asusual Joshua injured himself by pulling his hamstring quite early on and then didn't do much. Brandon was being pretty suicidal going down on his belly, backwards and any other way he could think of. Holly was absolutely fearless and was going down some of the steeper slopes completely out of control and nerly smacking in to trees on several occasions.

Anyway an hour and a half running up and down hills and sledging certainly ticks the box for home schooling P.E. today as for sure it would have been a snow day.

Brandon was first down some of the slopes on the BMX track.

Holly absolutely loved the sledging and could have stayed out all night if given the chance.

Another action shot of Holly.

Joshua getting out of shape on quite a steep slope.

Wipeout!

Holly using our little bum slider sledge which really gets some speed up.

An injured Joshua starts to ease off and let the other two play.

Race on.....

Phew, she missed that tree!

Speed shot of Joshua in action.

Sassy snow princess.

So injured leg, starts to climb trees instead. Typical boy.

When we were searching for new slopes I would pull Holly along in the sledge.

Holly has been so excited with the snow.

Daredevil Brandon going head first.

 

And then today we built this rather odd snowman in the garden.

Tennis racket arms, carrot nose, pegs for the mouth, stones for eyes and a toy BBQ lid for a hat.

Holly was proud of our creation though.