This weekend was dominated by a massive fail at the toboggan run. Beth and I had been thinking we should go do the toboggan run at Pokagon State Park at some point, been thinking that for years. Well, I finally decided that we should just do it. This weekend was supposed to be clear, and below freezing but not ridiculously cold, so we decided to do it Saturday afternoon. Natalie had her friend Maria spent the night at our house for a sleepover (her mom is apparently a worrier, and called us several times, but speaks almost no English). Saturday morning after we dropped off Maria at her house we headed out for the toboggan run. It takes around an hour and a half to drive to the park from home, and there was a bit of a wait just to get in the front gate for some reason. Once at the toboggan run, we needed to rent two sleds since only a max of 4 can go down on one, and I was asked if I wanted the heavy ones (go faster) or the light ones (easier to carry). Here is where the big mistake was. I picked the heavy ones. They were heavier than I expected. The kids had a hard time wangling it up the steps and Natalie wound up doing it pretty much by herself. Anyway, it was close to a good half hour by the time we got to the top. We went down, Alex and me in one sled, Beth, Missy, and Natalie in the other. It really was a fun ride, but first off Beth really hurt her hands holding on while going down with the girls, so she was out for anything more. Then I asked Alex to help Nat carry the sled back, and it was heavy enough that they had problems with it and it devolved into him yelling at her and basically letting her carry it herself. I was helping Missy carry the other because I thought that would make things easier overall. So Missy wanted to go down with me next, and Alex and Missy started fighting about who got to go down with me. Nat and Alex had been a space behind Missy and me in the line and when Alex left her there alone to argue with Missy, she felt pretty abandoned and took off after Beth going back to the van. We wound up turning both sleds back in and leaving, with Alex and Missy grounded from electronics for a week. In good amount my fault, though. So, one trip downhill and we were back on the road again.