"Atii Tracyyy!!"

Friday: Today was another beautiful day!  It was sunny, no winds, and even warmed up to around -9 this afternoon...  balmy weather for these parts!!  Because of this, and the fact that it was friday, we decided to give the class a treat.  We borrowed some crazy carpets from the school and walked up to a big hill behind my teacher's apartment to go sledding for the afternoon.  We stayed for 2 hours and everyone had a ball!  The hill was much steeper than I had expected, but these kids had absolutely no fear!  They were zooming down the hill and even taking a running start!  A few of the boys were even going over jumps built into the hill about halfway down!  It was crazy.  After watching the kids for a little while, they started to ask why I wasn't sledding too.  Haha, and to be honest, it was because I was scared half to death!  This hill was BIG and they were going down so FAST!  Still, I decided that I had to give it a try anyways.  They told me to go down on my stomach, but that wasn't gonna happen!  As I stood there planning the best way to do this, they started to cheer... "Atii Tracy, Tracy Tracy", over and over again!  (Atii means 'Lets go' in Inuktitut).  Haha, nothing like a little peer pressure from your grade 5s and 6s!  But it worked; I held my breath and pushed myself over the edge!  I am happy to report that I survived and had an absolute blast acting like a kid again!  We ended the afternoon by snacking on homemade cookies Mrs. H had baked last night for us... it was a perfect start to the weekend!  :)