We are spending the first week of our new year as we usually do, relaxing in Vail. I absolutely love this tradition, especially since I have a tendency to absolutely KILL IT in the last few weeks of the year. This week is all about relaxation and fun. We ski when we feel like it. We make nice, but simple home-cooked meals. We wander around the town. We watch TV and movies and play games on our laptops. We read books. We PLAY. It’s wonderful and exactly what I need right about now.
The one bummer of this week is that our good friends who were planning to join us for the week had a death in the family and were not able to make it. We’re terribly sorry for their loss and we miss having their company as well. We’re hoping we can get together later in the year and spend some time with them.
We’ve been out skiing twice. Yesterday we took Tabby up on the big mountain and she skiied like crazy and had so much fun. She’s exceeded all my expectations of what a 4yo can do on skis and she’s really loving it which is so much more important. We took both of them to the bunny hill today and Tabby was in her element, going up the magic carpet and back down again with no help from anyone. Ben was not having as good a day and was tired and mostly wanted to hold hands on the way down. No biggie … we’ll probably try again on Friday.
I had a funny moment when I went to put on my ski boot yesterday. I stuck my foot in and felt what I thought to be a rock, so I turned my boot upside down to shake it out and out came a good bunch of dog food. I had a good laugh at that. I can only figure my industrious little Ben dumped some in one day – the boots are stored in Matt’s shop … not really near the dog food but in the general vicinity. He’s quite the houdini.