We went bowling yesterday and Stephen was very excited. He kept up his intensity through two games. Then we got some lunch at the bowling alley and he loved having his own sprite (who wouldn't).

We woke up yesterday morning to exactly what we were supposed to wake up to--1" or 1.5" of snow and ice on the ground. Stephen and I went to Home Depot to get some stuff for the house (it never ends) late in the morning. Stephen loved stomping around in the ice in the parking lot. When we got back home, we played a little bit in the front yard and then I had a brilliant redneck idea: we have a lot of large boxes in the garage from moving and buying furniture, so we could sled down the icy driveway on some cardboard. A redneck sled. Turned out to be pretty fun.

We went to a park near S&S's house a few times during our visit. The first day we went, Stephen went down the biggest slide there (a 12' high tube with a few spin-arounds in it) about fifty times. It seemed like he came down it a different way every time, too.

December 24, 2011