Princess Daredevil

Yesterday was a snow day in Chicago. Most of the schools and many businesses were closed because we woke up to 7+ inches of snow. It was beautiful outside. Shortly after breakfast we put on layers and layers of warm clothes, and headed out to shovel the driveway. The brunette twin was as happy as she could be. She loves to be in the snow for as long as possible.

We weren't out very long when the blond twin began to whine that she was cold and wanted to go inside. The good thing about having a four-year-old is we can let her stay inside by herself in the playroom. We can open the door to check on her, and she's happy to play inside. It's a win-win situation for everyone. So, she went inside and immediately set-up a tea party for her dolls. I commented to my husband that if she was just a few years older, she would be busy making a wonderful breakfast and setting a beautiful picture-perfect table. We'd come in from shoveling snow, and she's have homemade hot cocoa and fresh baked muffins for us. It's just her personality, for the most part.

She also had this other dimension that just amazes us. She's an absolute daredevil. Today we took the girls sledding to a hill close to our house. The blond twin doesn't just want to sit in the saucer sled and fly down the hill, she wants to go as fast as possible. She wants to go down on her tummy. She wants to spin all the way down. One run, she pulled her hat over her eyes so she couldn't see where she was going. If she stops face-first in the snow with the saucer sled on top of her, all the better. She laughes the entire time.

Eventually the brunette twin tired of going down the hill and wanted to play in the snow-covered park. The blond twin had to be dragged off the hill. She was covered in snow and soaked from her wet hair to her snow-filled socks. And, she couldn't have been happier.