Over the break, my family and I went to our cottage. We went skiing, tobogganing, and skating. For a week, we were by ourselves, staying inside, playing board games, and painting. My mom got my siblings and I a paint by number, so we had fun doing that. After that week was over, my cousins came up. They have their own cottage on the same lake as ours. When they got there, we did EVERYTHING. Every day felt like a week. I had so much fun! We also went tubing with my mom’s two best friends. One of the things that I did not like on the break was the walking. My Uncle and Aunt recommended a walk, more like a hike, in the woods. They said that it took 45 minutes. Ya right. Like that happened. If you have read my brother’s assignment he said, and I am not joking, he “valiantly led us to civilization.” He was the one who got us lost! We also walked (read: our parents made us walk) to our cousins house. They live about 45 minutes each way, it was pouring rain, freezing, and generally horrible. It was as fun as jumping in a lake in the middle of winter. Our cousins challenged us to write a song, so we did. It is to the tune of Jingle Bell Rock.
Horrible, deplorable, memorable walk,
Mara’s in pain and Jordan complains,
Slipping and skiing, and we’re in despair,
In the foggy air!
What an icy time it’s the Cristy time, to walk the day away,
Precipitation, on vacation,
That’s what happens when we don’t go away!
It’s Christmas Day Santa get us on your sleigh
are you sure this is the way
I think we’re lost and I’ll never defrost
On this deplorable walk
Parents say it’s delightful kids are spiteful
Whiny to the core
Shuffling feet boy we need heat
We can’t walk any more
Kicking the rocks wait there’s blood in my socks
How long til we go in.
Spirits are low we want chocolat chaud
And maybe a poutine
Another thing that I had to mention was the food. It could have been cooked by Gordon Ramsey. With my mom’s stelar cooking, and my Aunt’s, I probably gained 5 pounds in a week. We had Beef Wellington, steak, chicken, fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, we probably had all of the food in the world! You know how people sometimes say “less is more”. This is not the case.
There is one other memorable activity I would like to mention. It happened when we went tobogganing. So, because we are really smart, we said, you know what? Let’s go down the hill in a pyramid. Obviously, it didn’t end well. BANG! We crashed right into the guard rail! Talia and Jordan, my siblings, suffered minor injuries. My break was fun, even if we did not go anywhere hot.