Blues Break 2018 (+ 18/50)
Kids have been out of school for Blues Break and it has been a whirlwind! We didn't do everything I planned because A) I always plan too much and B) it's been really, really cold and windy, precluding stuff like cross country skiing and some days on the mountain. But regardless we have had a blast. Some highlights:
- I love how much fun kids and I can have doing errands. This is Luke at the post office not only not wearing a coat but running back and forth through the water droplets from melting snow.
- Luke and I went night skiing Sunday, first time ever for both of us and it was so much fun. The mountain looks so different after dark, such a cool contrast the bright white lit-up snow against the black sky. We saw the tail end of the sunset and all the lights of the town sparkling below...such an adventure!
- Birthday dinner for Me-Ma with Gary at Rex's...we had fun planning some little surprises for her...
- We met Donna, a friend of mine from college, and her dad and son in Hot Sulphur Springs one afternoon. Lovely to soak in the hot pools and catch up. Kids had a blast together...now they have someone to show them San Francisco! :) We saw deer dancing and jumping and running and playing on the hillside above the hot springs, which was magical, and a huge vulture driving there and a fox sprinting across Rabbit Ears on the way back...
- We've been reading "The Truth About Poop," which we got from the library. "Oh, this one's a page turner," the librarian said at check-out. "A real favorite among the Kindergarten crowd."
- On our drive over to Hot Sulphur Springs kids and I planned their birthday party. The theme is "Dragons Love Tacos and Chocolate." And they don't know it yet but Daddy is going to fly home and surprise them...soooooooo excited to see him and to see the kids' delight.
- Sledding with Caden and Eli and Enya
- Leaving the kids with Charlotte for an hour and having a beer fireside with Jaimie. Such luxury to have a little adult time!
Happy Saturday!
XO
