Yesterday we had another big snow storm. That means today was another "fun in the snow" day! Several kids brought sleds (some were small pieces of plastic that was just big enough for their behinds). Fun, right? Well, for the kids, yes. Let's say it got crazy enough that the principal felt the need to come outside and observe.
Someone thought it would be fun to build some very large snow balls and leave them at the base of the sledding paths. There was plenty of room on the hill for the kids to avoid these obstacles. But there seemed to be some cosmic force inside these large, hard mounds of ice and snow that caused the unsuspecting sliders to head right for them! So, I stood right in front of said snow balls and tried to veer kids away from them. But the more I did this the more kids I had to shoo away. They just kept coming up to me asking dumb questions like, "What are these snow balls?" "Who made them?" "What are they doing here?" "Why are you standing near them?" "Why do I have to move away from the hill?" "Why do I have to walk around the sliding path and not straight up it?" Kids were everywhere! On top of the hill, in the middle of the hill, on the bottom of the hill - they were like ants! It was CHAOS! Kids kept getting in the way, getting pummeled by other sleds, kids slipping and falling, getting wet (esp. those who didn't have snow pants on), wrestling, pulling, hitting with snow balls, and getting snow everywhere! ll
The principal came out with a large pole and proceeded to break up the snow balls. Then he asked me to gather some boys around who can stomp the snow ball remains into the ground. No problem...found plenty of boys (and girls) who loved taking their frustrations out on the snow balls!
Well, needless to say, all the kids went back into the school wet, cold, red-faced and exhausted! I felt bad for the teachers who had to deal with these kids, but I was glad I was done with them!
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