Fun on the ice and in the snow

This past weekend a lot of snow was forecast, but it didn't come when predicted.  Friday was cold and rainy.  Saturday morning we woke up to snow, but really only a light dusting.

On Saturday we went to the local ice skating rink.  Inside an ice skating competition was being held, but outside, the rooftop rink was open for lessons and free skating.  We've been taking Little Geek Girl ice skating for several years now, but it was only last year that she was confident enough to start standing on her own.  This past weekend, she really wanted to use one of the push bars, but we convinced her to try standing on her own, and after a while she was able to do it again and gain her confidence back.  While we were at the rink, it would snow shower on and off again and that evening it started to snow again.

On Sunday we had planned to have a stay at home day.  However, we woke up to no cable/internet (the horror!) and no hallway/laundry room lights.  So we decided to go up to the Uetliberg for a snowy day walk.  We were up there by 9:30 am, which is the earliest we've ever made it up there.  We went along the Planet Walk, brushing the snow off of the planet models as we went by.  LGG enjoyed making bear foot prints in the snow for us to follow and making footprints in the snow.  We were home before 3 pm, so it was nice to have been out, but still have time to nest at home a little bit.

Most of the snow came on Sunday night, but we were pretty impressed at how quickly the streets and sidewalks were cleared.  However, getting LGG to and from school takes a lot longer when there's snow on the ground.