In heels, no less #SOLC19

“Oh I’m just here to watch and help get the kids buckled in,” said one of my classroom moms. She had arrived unexpectedly at the classroom door at arrival time with her son. I assumed she was responding to our call for volunteers to go snow shoeing with us in PE yesterday morning, but she said she was just dropping off her child, would help us get ready, and then would watch as we headed for the woods. She wasn’t dressed appropriately, after all, with tall leather boots with 2″ chunky heels.

After a quick morning meeting, my Kindergarten instructional aide and I, along with the two moms that came to help, got everyone into their snow pants, boots, and coats. We headed up to the door where the PE teacher said he’d meet us. It was a bit slippery out, but otherwise a gorgeous sunny day, and already approaching 40 degrees at just 8:30 am. The kids found pairs of snowshoes scattered across the top of the new-fallen snow and began their attempt to put them on. The buckling is the hard part. I spent the next 10 minutes hunched over helping strap kids in, as did the other adults. When I finally stood up to grab my own snow shoes and put them on, there she was. That mom who had just come to watch and help? She was strapped into a pair of snowshoes and headed in my direction. 2″ heels and all!

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