I needed to go to work today and no one wanted to watch the high-maintenance 6 yr old, so I asked if she wanted to come with me. (If the answer was no they'd have had to watch her anyway.) She did want to ride on the lawn chair trailer! I bundled her up better than on Monday. When we got there I asked if she was cold, and did she want to call Uncle Mr. Mel to pick her up? She was cold, but she did not want to ride in the car. She wanted to ride on the bike trailer. We got a little more snow, but it was gone from most of the roads already.

We did the bit of work that needed done, and I asked again: are you sure you want to ride the bike? Yes, she's sure.

I have fenders, and a mud flap on the front tire, but not the rear. The mud spattered her pink coat. She kept her head down so mud wouldn't spatter the tiny bit of her face and eyes that were the only exposed bit of her. The blanket I wrapped around her is filthy! When we got out of the mud, she waved at EVERYONE who passed us, and was so excited when some of them waved back! And she sang Rudolph all the way home. (I asked her to sing something other than Jingle Bells on Day 1 of her visit.)