Today counts as an annual holiday at our house. It doesn't always fall on the-day-before-Easter, and it usually wouldn't happen before April; but TODAY is the-day-we-take-apart
-the-ice-rink. It isn't because we dislike the ice rink. It isn't because we regain that huge chunk of yard under it. It's a holiday because while the plastic liner is drying in the wind, the kids LOVE running under it. Remember in P.E. when we got to play under that parachute? It's like that-except bigger, and personally ours, and full of anticipation, and unpredictable due to the wind that blows it into caves, tunnels, and domes. It was a great time! And I'm afraid I added to the annual festivities: we built a log cabin with the wood that framed our ice rink. I'm sure we'll have to do this every year now, too. Which is fine-because it's a great way to let the wood dry. So, anyway, that's today. -kmf