Snow Adventure

We went up to Mount Rainier on a Saturday right after it had snowed so that Alden could play in the snow at Paradise.  He thought that the snow was a lot of fun but he was sometimes scared to walk on it when it was deep. It was so beautiful up there and I loved seeing everything covered in white.  There were tons of people up there because it had just snowed and there were areas to sled and trails to cross-country ski on.  Although we didn't do any of that we still had a blast up there walking around and playing.  Alden got a little too cold after awhile at Paradise so we drove down the mountain to another area where it was a little warmer so that Alden could run around and play some more without freezing.  Drew and I had a blast throwing snowballs at each other, drawing in the snow and watching Alden find puddles to jump in.  

 


Fresh snow is so beautiful.

He was bundled up so much that it was hard for him to reach the snow at times.

Inside the visitor's center at Paradise.

Alden loved destroying snowballs that Daddy made by smashing them.

One of Alden's favorite things at Paradise was the birds.  We had to try and show him that he had to stand still because if he chased them they got scared and flew away. Here is a cute video of it.

He got a lot better at standing still by the time that we left.

I thought this was so beautiful.

This is where we moved down the mountain so Alden wouldn't freeze too much.

Drew threw snow in my hair.

Alden loved being outside and discovering new things.

Somebody threw me into the snow as you can see by the snow all over my pants and on my jacket (not that you can see it there because my jacket is white).  Drew and I had a lot of fun.

Drew's beautiful drawing in the snow!

Drew kept making snow blocks for Alden because he would ask for them but then once Drew made them Alden would act scared of them.  I thought it was a little funny.  Here are a couple videos of it. Video 1   Video 2