Yesterday we had a real snowfall, I threw snowballs for Worf on our evening walk. The temperature threatened to climb above zero before the morning. I awoke today relieved that the snow was still here, packing snow, snowman snow. I got the kids dressed in their snowpants, mitts and hats. I told them that if the tobogganing hill was too sticky and slushy, plan B was to build a snowman in the schoolyard.
Fortunately, the hill was covered in slippery snow, if a little muddy at the bottom. The stark white maple leaf on the palm of my mittens is now beige. Looks like it was meant to be that colour.
I immediately wished I'd brought a camera. Jadzia helped to straighten the sled before they got in, making sure they would go down at just the right angle. William held his sister, protecting her as they slid down together.
I went down a few times with the kids, but then my eldest made it clear that it was better without a grown-up. He was right, I slowed them down and caused the unbalanced sled to spin out of control.
I was just getting bored of watching others have fun, when William exclaimed the he had to go pee. He wanted to pee in the bushes, but since he was wearing snowpants and a jacket I wasn't sure how that would be accomplished. Nor did I want to try. It was time to go home anyway. When he started to fuss, I lured them both away from the hill with a playful snowball fight. I pretended to be attempting to evade their attack, using the toboggan as a shield.
Despite William's repeated insistence that he "couldn't hold it", neither he nor his sister walked any faster than they normally would. To be fair, they were both dressed like astronauts. However, since he didn't seem to be in a big hurry, I made him wait a minute longer so I could run inside and grab my camera (they looked too cute in their snowsuits).
And he didn't pee his pants!
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