Snow Day 2011

Me and Maddy had a great snow day. I woke up at 4 and saw everybody saying that it did snow and a lot so I look out my window and sure enough it did. I checked to see if Maddy's daycare was officially closed and it was, but my work was not. I decided to try to get some more sleep because I didn't go to bed until 11:30. When I woke back up I had a text from my mom saying my work was closed, but it hit me later that just because they say they are closed, doesn't mean I get out of work. Luckily my boss let me work only what I could today and I will have to make up the missed time throughout the week. Once I got all that cleared up it was time to have some fun. We measured the snow on our deck and we got 8". Maddy pAfter Maddy ate breakfast we just played around the house all morning. After my step dad got all the dogs outside taken care, we all packed up and drove down to my uncle's house to go sledding. We had to walk a little bit to get to the hill and by the time we got there, Maddy was already frozen. While they got the hill ready to sled on...Maddy decided she wanted to walk. There was a tire trackandshe loves walking any kind of track or trail. Right as she was getting fussy it was our turn to sled. This was my first time being in control of a sled and I was a little nervous, especially knowing I was responsible for Maddy. My uncle helped us be safe by holding the rope and following behind us to keep us from going to fast, as well as fall. The entire time Maddy just stayed leaning forward...when we stopped she wanted to go again, but she was having a coughing attack and her little hand was turning blue and that's with a mitten on so my mom and me took her back to my uncle's to get warm. She fussed the entire way back, had we had a sled she could have been pulled on I think she would have been fine. On our way to the sledding hill my uncle pulled me and her on the sled and she loved it up unitil snow startd to touch her leg. Once we got her inside and warmed up it was time for lunch. After lunch she just explored my aunt and uncle's house. She kept looking at her cousin Aria (they haven't gotten to be around each other as much as I would like due to Aria's health conditions) and trying to figure her out. It was funny because Aria just wached Maddy as well and she would wrinkle her eyebrows like she does when she is confused. Once my uncle and mom and step dad came back in we sat down and had us a nice hot bowl of chili.Maddy seemed to really like hers. After eating everybody just sat and talked and me and Maddy continued exploring. It was really a beautiful day today and I thank God for all the snow. I am now praying He will make a way for me to get all my time in this week as well as help me with work in general. I haven't looked to see if Maddy's daycare is closed tomorrow, but I'm sure it is so we will probably have a semi snow day. I can't have a full day snow day otherwise I will never get my time at work in. I hope you all had fun and stayed safe and warm!