Sledding at the Capitol

The hill on the west front of the Capitol building has been a favorite sledding hill for ages. After September 11, though, it seems the Capitol grounds were closed to sledding for reasons of national security. We haven't really had good snow for sledding since September 11, so a lot of people didn't know the new rules. We found out when, during the first of the two recent snow storms, people were ushered off the grounds and it was announced on the evening news. I'm not really sure what threat anyone can be sliding down a hill on a saucer sled, but rules are rules, so we were content to believe that we wouldn't be able to sled this year.

We were surprised last Saturday when we the evening news announced that for the President's day weekend only, the Capitol grounds would be open to sledding. So, on our 11th day at home together, I decided that Annie and I would go sledding on Monday. You can't park terribly close to the Capitol, but Annie was a trooper as we dragged our sled (the 28" wok procured by Daddy because all the saucer sleds were sold out in the city.)



She wasn't exactly fearless, preferring to waddle up and down the hill to sliding on the sled. So, I watched her waddle to the bottom, then sledded down to meet her.



After a little while of sledding (and waddling), Anastasia decided that she wanted to build a "baby snowman". So, that's what we did. Then she took a picture of me with him.



Before we left, I made sure to get a picture of Anastasia as proof of our day of sledding on the Hill. Think she looks menacing?