Sled No Evil

While the rest of the country has been inundated with monster snowstorms, all  we've gotten in our neck of the woods is an inch or so of snow, or sometimes just a coating of ice.  Disappointing? Not if, like us, you're so desperate for winter fun that you'll settle for anything that vaguely resembles winter fun.  As a result, the iced-over grass slope in front of our townhouse  has become the sled run of choice for the neighborhood children (including mine).

The other day I had just poked my head out the door to make sure none of my children had gone missing when a neighbor - out walking with her young child  - spotted them.  "Don't you worry about their hitting that brick wall at the bottom?" she asked me, as they careened crazily towards said wall, with only 2 pathetic boxwood bushes in place to cushion the blow.

"Oh, definitely," I said, as I turned to go into the house.  "So I make sure not to watch."

There's one more neighbor who won't be pestering me for child-rearing advice any time soon...


 [Image credit: lucfblog]