This was the “bagel with cream cheese” (made from cashews).  So colorful!!!And back home we go.Here’s Dale, trying to nap.  But then I looked down there and she’d found a light up bouncy ball.  Not the most conducive to sleep.

On Saturday Win opened the door, yelled “Hey! Anyone wanna see some fire?!”  And then ran back outside so as not to miss anything.  He and the Linde boys had gathered some tinder, a couple of magnifying glasses and a sunny February day for easy fun on the driveway.

Don’t worry, their dad was outside too.  *If a bit preoccupied making a huge outdoor metal stove for boiling maple syrup.

When we got there Jared and I strapped on our cross country skiis (mine are 40-yearsold).  We got up to the lodge and realized that Jared’s skis wouldn’t release.  So the kids and I went into the lodge and were welcomed by a long line at the kids’ ski rental.  Jared stood outside with Dale strapped to his front and skis straped to his feet.  It took 1 hour and 20 minutes to rent 2 pair of kids’ skis.  Dale was a peach the entire time.  However, about 5 minutes before we finally got the skis she lost her cool.  Jared started dealing with her while I took the kids on the small loop that we’d planned.  15 minutes later and 4 yards further from where we started I decided to change our course.  Jared skied back to the van with Dale.  The kids and I skied half way around the lodge to where the parking lot is.  That took about 1/2 hour.  We put the kids in the van I returned the skis and we drove home.  The whole trip took just under 3 hours.  In the end, Jared stood in skis for almost 2 hours and the kids and I actually skied roughly 100 yards.  At one point in that 100 yards I actually just picked up Harriet and carried her about 15 feet.

The kids had a blast.  Win said that skiing was the best thing that he’d done in his whole life.  Harriet claimed that this was the best day ever.  So it was a success.  Just not as adults tend to rate success.

The green writing is mine.  I thought that there might be some spots that are difficult to read.  His school gives out little paper fish to kids who are “caught being good”.  The “get fish” answer is about that.

When we got there all of the other kids were wearing dress clothes.  Win was donning his R2D2 shirt and jeans.  We were a little concerned that he’d notice and feel self-conscious since he’s been nervous about this concert for a couple of weeks.  So we didn’t say anything.  Then just before bed after the show he said to me, “Mom do you know why all of the kids were wearing fancy clothes?”  I plainly responded, “That’s what they decided to wear.”  He quickly replied, “No!  It’s cuz’ they told us to wear fancy clothes.”