Toddler Suzie Byrd goes for a night walk on Fifth Street South in Downtown Columbus Monday night. Courtesy photo

Arthur Green, 7, uses a makeshift sled made of a tire and cardboard to sled down a frozen hill next to Starkville Christian School on Tuesday morning. Parents Ying and Sam Green said Arthur had been looking forward to getting to play in it since the first snowflakes started falling Monday evening. Abigail Sipe Rochester/Dispatch Staff

Parker Jane Davis, 3, left and Ellie Davis, 5, play in the ice in New Hope Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Finnley Murdock balances on a sled as he slides down a hill Tuesday morning on West Lampkin Street in Starkville. He was there with his father. Jeremy Murdock. The steep hill is a favorite when it snows for children who live near downtown. Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff

Olivia Brackin and her cat Vixen enjoy the ice. Olivia is the daughter of David and Leah Brackin of Caledonia. Courtesy photo

Jude Dunn sleds down a hill on West Lampkin Street in Starkville on Monday. His parents are George and Laura Dunn. Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff

Carolyn Grace Cooper, 8, from Starkville spent the day with her grandmother in West Point Tuesday and took her baby Sara to show her the icy slides around town. Courtesy photo

Twins Tenley and Sadie Warren, 2, crunch around in the ice in New Hope. Courtesy photo

From left, Russ Whitaker, 5, Dade Whitaker,10, Tom Whitaker,12, and Arthur Dawson, 14 in Columbus Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Mini horses Walter and Clementine stand bundled up in West Lowndes County. The horses are owned by Brandy and Brett Weseli. Courtesy photo

Audrey Barranco, 11, finds a large chunk of ice and prepares to smash it on the ground in Caledonia Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Corey Boone and his son Scott Thomas Boone race with their dog Hulk, who absolutely loves the ice. Courtesy photo

Harrison Barranco, 5, is pushed across the driveway in a laundry basket by his brother, Liam, 13, in Caledonia Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Fields Carson, 8, Sollie Johnston, 4, Sydney Johnston, 8, sled on the hill at First Street South and Third Avenue in Columbus on Tuesday. Courtesy photo

Mary Powell Westby, 10, and her brother Garrison Westby, 8, slide on the thick ice using pool floats on Southside near Downtown Columbus on Tuesday. enjoying sliding on the thick ice on their 7th Street South driveway. Their parents are Megan and Jimmy Westby. Courtesy photo

Skylar Hawkins, 2, stands in the Bent Tree neighborhood in North Columbus. Her parents are Nikki Asadi and Andrew Hawkins. Courtesy photo

Grant Pinter of Ethelsville, Alabama, holds his dogs Stuart and Oliver. Courtesy photo

Wilkes Thatcher stands with his sled. His father, Mac, said Wilkes is building a bobsledding resume for Mississippi State Athletics. Courtesy photo

Psalm Eguires, 1, gets a feel for the ice and snow in New Hope. Courtesy photo