Snow has always brought a thrill to my daughter's heart and as the first real storm of the season started slowly covering the ground in white she couldn't contain herself. Talk of her first adventure down Mount Colum"bius" has been on her list of "Things to Do" for over a month. Later that afternoon Tim took her on her first run and she was a sledding machine. The following two days were full of extremely low temperatures. Much to her chagrin, mama and papa wouldn't let her go to the Mount even though school was cancelled. Mulling around the house looking at me like I had lost my mind wasting a prime opportunity of hitting the slopes (note: Mount Colum"bius" is a hill by a parking lot) I decided I should distract her with something else she loved so we started a craft project. About an hour later I couldn't find her and I happened to step out into our garage and saw her sitting very disturbed in our van. I said "Ru, what are you doing?" She hollered back in no uncertain terms "I am NOT getting out of this van until YOU take me sledding!" Without a pause I said "Okay" and heading back into the house. The garage was enclosed and she had on her warm clothes. I figured some "quiet" time for the perturbed little woman in the van might do her some good. After about 20 minutes the craft project we had started earlier was needing attention in the oven. I opened the door and said "The timer is ringing are you going to check your charms?" She walked in and the mother won the battle. I filled the rest of the day with her cooking in the kitchen. She enjoys helping me to decide what would be yummy for supper. Chili was the winner and she browned the hamburger and started opening cans of beans and tomatoes. She loves to stir her recipes and she soon was back to her chattering self. I think Tim gets very tickled at how much Ru and I are alike. I can't wait to tell her stories when she is older. My mother always said "I hope you get a girl just like you!" I did and my feelings about that is fact make my heart happy. Creative minds just like to be busy. She announced she wants to be 1. A Summer and Winter Olympian 2. Run a restaurant or 3. Run a rescue for animals when she grows up. I say whatever she wants to do she has my blessing. I personally think she is going to be the President of the USA. She definitely has enough hootspa!
Much to sis's happiness another snow date with the Mount happened today. Yes, she got penciled in on the parental calendar. There goes that pencil.
Krista
Much to sis's happiness another snow date with the Mount happened today. Yes, she got penciled in on the parental calendar. There goes that pencil.
Krista
