Our four kids were young, between 5 and 10. I did some shoveling and played outside with them. We made an igloo or something and a snowman, but it was sort of fun. I showed my kids how to bellyflop on their sleds -- probably the next day. We were all wet but had fun. My husband didn't get home that night until late. I think the office closed early, but it was a long trip for him. We lived in Chicago Heights at the time, and he rode the train and then had to clean off the car and drive a couple of miles home from the train station. Our street was not cleared, and he put the kids on the sled and walked to the grocery store the next day. The snow was over the top of our chain link fence. We had a dog at the time which was part chihuahua, and he ran on top of the snow and over the fence. Our neighbor behind us was able to get him and hang on to him until we could come over to get him. I'm sure we went through a lot of hot chocolate!