Minnesota 6-year-old who loves helping out her parents decided to shovel 8 inches of snow herself — she gave up after less than a minute

• A 6-year-old girl decided to shovel 8 inches of snow by herself after a storm in Minnesota.
• Her mother recorded her scooping one shovel full of snow, then collapsing in exasperation.
• The Midwest has been hit with a massive storm this week that's expected to break records.

A headstrong Minnesota 6-year-old who says she loves helping out her parents decided to try shoveling 8 inches of snow all by herself, but she gave up after less than a minute. 

A massive storm hit the Midwest and Northern Plains this week, dumping about half a foot of snow on Lake City, Minnesota, Wednesday. Candace Dudley, who lives in Lake City, told Insider that her daughter, Willow, woke up to the news that school was canceled because of the storm and was excited about having a snow day.

But Willow's parents weren't quite ready to face the snow, so the 6-year-old decided to take matters into her own tiny hands. 

"Her dad and I weren't up and moving yet," Dudley told Insider, laughing. "So she said she was gonna go start the job" of shoveling what Candace estimated to be about seven or eight inches of snow in the front yard. 

Dudley recorded a video of her daughter fiercely attacking the snow with a shovel nearly as tall as she was. In the video below, which Dudley posted to Instagram, the 6-year-old got about one scoop of snow before she stopped, faltered, dramatically fell to her knees, and then slumped onto her back, looking exasperated. 

"She came in yelling that somebody needed to get out there and start helping," Dudley told Insider. "At that point, she wanted everybody all hands on deck."

Eventually, Willow's dad came out and used the snowblower to clear a path, and Willow liked walking behind her dad using the snowblower to feel like she was helping. 

When asked what she thinks about shoveling snow, Willow had one word to offer: "Hard." She said she likes playing in the snow, and she'll shovel it if she's building a snow house or a snowman, but she's done with shoveling the driveway. 

Willow still loves helping out in other ways — Dudley said she's even learned how to clean the bathroom and load the dishwasher. Willow said it makes her feel good to help her parents.  

The storm that dumped snow on Willow's house was part of a three-days-long storm expected to break some snowfall records for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota, according to Minnesota Public Radio.

And it's not just Minnesota that's being inundated with winter weather — heavy snow and strong winds that began earlier this week continued slamming states across the Midwest and Northern Plains on Thursday, USA Today reported. Over 800,000 residents were without power in Michigan on Thursday, according to poweroutage.us.