Actually today saw us joining Glenn’s family for a great extended family Christmas celebration. It reminds me of when I was a kid and we spent Christmas Eve with my dad’s family. The cousins would gather together and just have fun. I can’t recall what we actually did but I know with certainty that it was fun. Today’s outing involved great conversation for the adults and bonding for the kids. Some of that bonding occured outside in the snow which gave me the opportunity to play some more with my camera. Here are waay too many photos of the girls at play.
Those are two of my favourites. At Glenn’s cousin’s house there is a wonderfully large lawn off of the deck. The kids got quite the speed running down the stairs and out across the snow. At one point there was even a train waiting to sled on down.
Elspeth also enjoyed the icy playset. Who knew that swimming on a frozen swing could be fun? (Yes, she is sitting on a layer of ice and did so for a full 20 or so minutes.)
One of the cousins shared their jumping rock and the girls embraced this concept. I was quite surprised to see Elspeth get in on the action given that she usually needs to be holding on to a hand in order to jump off of something into an unknown ( in this case a pile of snowy grass). Seeing her sister and cousin jumping encouraged her to give it a try and then it was hard to convince her to try anything else outside. By the way, I love how my new camera takes action shots!
