Slipping and Sliding

I drove the little kids to school today. Actually I drove Tia as well. We were leaving the garage and she was coming back from feeding horses and wanted to ride along.

It's snowing, a couple inches outside, and it was a slippery ride. School was delayed and hour and I know why. The gravel road was plowed, but there were times I still slid around and I felt as though I was slipping the entire time. Like the wheels weren't rolling, but sliding.

At one point I went to turn and we slid, so I stopped braking and added a little gas to try and get traction. Our traction control kicked in, or rather the light flashed and the alarm sounded. I don't think it really works, or at least it doesn't feel like it to me. However Delaney popped up and asked if that was a fire alarm. He was worried. We explained things and he felt better.

He even tried to cheer me up by getting into color wars with the dash. The kids always want the background orange and I'll switch it to green to play with them. It requires three touches on the screen to change it and as Delaney will hit one or two, I'll hit the button on the steering wheel to stop him and reset it to the map or fuel consumption.

I was annoyed by both kids. At 8:40 I went to get them to pack up and they complained they hadn't eaten. I'd given Kendall cereal and told Delaney to eat, but they didn't and got yelled at. I'm getting tired of hand holding them and it's time they grew up, which is something long overdue. Need to start holding them to standards. Delaney realized that he was in the wrong, but Kendall wanted to get upset and dodge blame. She is going to take some work.