Sledding & Snow Fun

Sledding and Snow

Sunday afternoon the snow started coming down pretty good and we ended up with about 6" on the ground when it was all said and done. There was already 2-3" on the ground from the few days before so that made for a nice blanket of snow on everything. Shelby was heading home from work right after the snow had started so none of the roads had been plowed and it took him forever to get home. Colin and I had already been outside early that morning shoveling the snow from Saturday night off the walkway and sidewalk, so we didn't rush out to play in the falling snow again that afternoon.

Monday morning we got up and shoveled and swept again and I decided to take Colin to the doctor. He'd had a runny nose for a couple days but all of a sudden it had turned to the nasty green stuff and he'd been running a low fever. I figured the doctor probably wouldnt do too much, but I wanted to have him checked out now rather than put it off and wind up in the ER on Christmas Eve or day. So off we went to the German doctor because base had no appointments, typical. I don't mind a bit because the German docs seem to be better and they don't over-medicate and hand out stuff as easily as the American doctors do. Turns out Mister Colin has an upper respiratory infection and an ear infection. That's the trouble with a "happy all the time, easy going kid", they never let you know they are miserable! I thought he had a cold the way he'd been acting, if it wasn't for the fever I'd have never known! So a trip to the German pharmacy and three medications later we make it home again.

It snowed some more while we were at the doctor so when we got back we had to sweep the sidewalk...again. Then we decided Colin needed to have a little fun after being so good at the doctor. We loaded up the jeep and went to the big hill in our village to sled. Half the town had the same idea because there were lots of kids already out there. At first Colin didn't want to walk in the snow or go in it because it was deeper than what he was used to. His first sled ride down the hill he looked a little nervous. After a few runs though he was having a ball and loved flying down the hill with us. He was also very excited to see a big furry dog out on the hill watching the kids sled. He kept pointing to it and saying "dog" and laughed when the dog followed his kids down the hill on their sled barking the whole way down. We didn't want to keep him out in the cold too long and when it was time to go he cried because he didn't want to leave.

Today we had some rain and snow mix so most of the snow is gone :( We are supposed to be getting more soon though. Hopefully it will be enough to sled in. Colin is already feeling better after a day's worth of medicine in him. Hopefully he'll be back to good by Christmas. I was hoping to take him yesterday for his picture with Santa but being sick and all we didn't get it done. Maybe next year...