Snow

Today Eden experienced snow for the first time. My husband was able to have the day off from work and we traveled into the mountains, about an hour away from where we live.

Getting out of the house was a bit of a difficulty. It is amazing how it can take hours to accomplish what I used to accomplish in twenty minutes when I was single. But we have never gone to the snow before with our kids, so perhaps it’s a little understandable why we didn’t leave the house before noon.

We never did find Eden’s missing glove, but we grabbed her little gardening gloves and finally managed to leave the house. After stopping to get gas for the car and stopping again for a recreational parking permit, we arrived at the snow park at precisely Eden’s nap time.

Eden loved the snow. She was fascinated by the mounds of cold white snow, and immediately began begging to slide down it. We found an area that was just right for her. Some previous visitor had dug a little cave into the snow. Leading down into the cave was a small slope. She sat on her little board and before I knew it, she had whipped around the slope and disappeared into the cave, her ecstatic giggles trailing behind her.

This went on for about a half an hour, until the excitement and lack of sleep caught up with her. About the time she was laughter was mixed with crying, we decided to head home.

It seems like a lot of work to have fun, to try new things, and to have an active lifestyle. We spent a majority of the day getting ready and driving, for less than an hour of entertainment. Still, I look back on today and think it was absolutely worth it. Never mind the load of effort. Eden is learning that being active means having fun, and she will be talking about this day for months to come.