...and a Happy New Year!

For New Year's, we decided to enjoy a relatively warm afternoon (up to 4C/39F!) by bundling up and taking the kids sledding... for the first time. Ever.
Calgary actually has specified "Toboggan Hills" where you are allowed to go. We went to the one closest to us, and it was fairly steep, so we started off with the kiddos going down with Daddy.

 Kyler's feet made this huge spray of snow which Calista did not like. Oh well.

Kyler changed his method for Craig, and instead got a mitten full of snow for his fingers. Apparently Kyler just can't win!
Still, in spite of the face full of snow, Calista consented to go down again...

By herself, even! We started up just a little way up the hill, and progressively went further and further up the hill.

Eventually, she started all the way at the top, all by herself! One time as we were walking up the hill, she told me she wanted to go to the very top, and then said, "Will it be scary?" I told her maybe, but she'd have fun, too.
And she definitely did.
Craig didn't really want to go down the hill again, but did get to ride around on the sled a bit.

Calista did an awesome job pulling him, even if Kyler is helping (partially because Craig wouldn't actually hold on for himself).
And even when not on the sled, Craig was pretty happy just to walk in the snow.

"Cheese!" he said.
They had a lot of fun in the snow, and then we went home and put on a movie for them while Kyler and I made dinner and New Year's Eve treats. Apparently sledding was exhausting, because Calista fell asleep!
After grumpily waking up and eating dinner, we got ready for bed and made New Years Resolutions. We decided Calista was old enough to get into the act, and let her pick some resolutions for herself. Some of my favorites of her contributions:

• Calista - to not be scared of the dark
• Calista - get water by herself
• Craig - jump
• Family - get stamps on our hands, like at the zoo
• Family - watch videos together
• Family - go to a new house filled with ladybugs that are nice

Then we had our countdown to 2016.
I bought some "bubbly" (Sprite), and even let the kiddos use fancy goblets.

 They did such a good job not breaking them!

Happy New Year!