Thursday, December 18, 2008

Spa Day!

Today was our fourth and last snow day (my girls have no school on Fridays anyways) before Christmas break officially begins. I have to admit to being a little annoyed at Sherwood school district for the no school call because the roads seemed so clear, but I changed my mind later when I was stuck in a van half way up a hill. (More about that later.) My girls had mixed feelings about it because we have had a great few days together, they still didn't want to miss school Christmas parties, and Megan of course wanted to be given homework. And I'm not joking about that. Well, slushy roads and all we decided to have a girls spa day to spice up the long week. I even made them an avacado/ oatmeal mask which actually felt great. They did hair and nails on eachother, and I don't think I heard one argument all morning. Also this week has gotten me back on my Wii fit schedule so maybe I can burn off some of those calories I've been eating with all the treats around!
After lunch we decided to do opperation rescue Grandma. My mom hasn't been able to finish her Christmas shopping because she is terrified to drive in the snow, and my dad has been so busy helping other people. (Also she needed to get something for him.) So we all piled in the van to go pick up Grandma. Things were going great, until we got half way up and found the wheels spinning. Nothing we did could make that car go up that hill in the ice and slush. Now this wouldn't be that suprising if I had been driving, but Todd the "I'm a professional" police officer was driving. So at that point I gave the Sherwood School district cudos for the snow day, and somehow convinced my mom to walk the rest of the way down the hill so we could continue kidnapping her. We then went to Costco, Justice for Girls, and Cash and Carry and are hopefully finished for the year. We were all glad to get out of the house, and after a little sunshine-and a faster head start, we made it to my parents door safe and sound. I did feel a little like a pioneer gearing up to go into town on a once a month trip. I guess we really have no idea how great we really have it compared to all the generations that have gone before us.

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