While reading of the blustering storms in the Northeastern US, we’re enjoying our own version of a day off here in Central America. The past two Mondays we’ve enjoyed an extended weekend. The first one was technically a “cold day” where the temperature at 5am was below 45 degrees. Although it warmed up to 70 by afternoon, it had been a long, cold weekend and the administration gave some grace in allowing a day off as we hadn’t taken any yet this year. This past Monday was declared a day off because we hadn’t used up our alloted “cold days” this winter and with temperature starting to get up in the eighties now it’s highly unlikely we’ll need them.
Hubby decided that the kids should enjoy some “sledding” on their cold day. One idea led to another in his mind and they headed out Sunday afternoon with an old porch cushion and some tangerines to snack on, to the open area behind the school called “Narnia” by the kids. It’s just an open sloping stretch behind the gym, carpeted pretty deep with pine needles, and it made a great sledding hill. After checking for rocks or other unseen hazards, they climbed to the top with the cushion in hand while Dad stood at the bottom and filmed their fun. That night we watched the compilation of videos and declared Central American sledding a success-and you didn’t need to freeze to do it!