Staten Island Winter Wonderland

The house I grew up in that my mother still lives in in Staten Island sits right on the hilly Silver Lake Golf Course. In the 24 years we've had the house, I never managed to hop the fence and hang out on the golf course. Until yesterday. I never knew how fun or, dare I say it, beautiful, Staten Island can be.

With 30 inches of snow on the ground and no plow this morning to clear our street at the bottom of a steep hill, we had nowhere to go and nothing to do, except play in the snow.

The snow adventure started yesterday with a walk through the golf course and a little sledding.



It continued today with some igloo wins;



and fails;



some acrobatics;



some moments of zen;



until it slid into a sledding bonanza.









and finally sledded into the Staten Island sunset.



Our street had still not been plowed by the time we returned to the house. NYC plows will likely not make it down to our little street today. Maybe tomorrow. If not, we'll continue to be stuck at the house with more snow adventures to come!