Simply Barefoot

...but my birthday was not ruined!

I was determined to celebrate regardless and the roads ended up not being bad AT ALL!

Although some friends couldn't make it, I still had a great time with some great family and friends.

I didn't take any pictures though...well, just one. I was too busy socializing and having fun!

Besides, Avery is my favorite thing/person to take picture of anyway ;)

Getting ready for the snow was a lot like the scene from "A Christmas Story" where the mom layers up the kid so much that he couldn't move. And when he fell, of course he couldn't get up.

I chuckled to myself as I layered up my little girl.

When she fell in the snow later, I laughed so hard because she couldn't get up either!

I'm not a mean mommy though, right? :)

Isn't crazy how BRIGHT the snow makes everything?! Walking outside was like being blinded by a flashlight or something.

Aves and I always wear sunglasses. We are cool babes, afterall.

See?! How funny is Avery falling in the snow and getting stuck?!

I helped her up eventually...after I snapped a quick photo of the hilarity:)

At my house, we don't do the dangerous kind of sledding.

Last year, my middle brother went sledding with some friends at one of those retention(sp?) ponds in town.

The hills are HUGE!

When you go down them, you seriously go so fast it could injure you easily.

Well, point of this is that they saw a man break BOTH of his ankles by putting his feet out to stop himself at the bottom of the hill!!

CRAZY!!

Also, my cousin's friend broke his thumb last year doing the same thing.

Point is, we do safe sledding at my house.

Maybe I'm a weenie, but Avery is way too little to be doing anything of that nature.

AND she has just as much fun being pulled around the yard on a sled.

I complain about the snow/ice A LOT.

However, I have to admit that nature really is miraculous.

Look at how thick the ice is! WOW!!

I can honestly say that Avery and I were not that cold.
Layering up has it's advantages.