And then we have Halloween! We got all ready only to be confronted by the first snow fall. of the season. Strike that......blizzard. Needless to say we were fast about it, before the kids were content to go home. We only had 3 Tricker Treaters at our door the whole night, so others must have felt the same way. It went from 50's to 20's in one day.
So the sledding season starts for the kids! They sled at school for recess, sometimes for PE, and when they get home from school. I keep waiting for them to be bored by it, but they are not. Maybe it has something to do with them using Toby as a mushing dog. The strategy is they will tease the dog, by telling him to, "Go get it!" And the small brained dog is too dumb to realize he is being used.
They missed school for this....plus a number of other things. But that stays between Grandma and the kids!!! Her prerogative and my willingness to turn a blind eye means kids and Grandma have a good time and Mom gets a break!