With the last of the snowplow icebergs waning and the snowy mountain peaks greening, it's time for some spring cleaning--specifically cleaning a couple winter blog posts that I never posted out of my mind. Today marks the end of my leave of absence from blogging. My daughter accomplished grand feats on the ski slopes. Four and a half and she started skiing black diamond trails. She especially likes skiing the bumps! I am in awe. She's confident and takes her time, while hollering "whoohoo" down the mountain. It's quite remarkable to see a pink-clad, pint-size child disappear and reappear in a moonscape of large moguls. She often calls over her shoulder, "Race you, Mom!" If only I could contain my anxiety about all the other skiers navigating around her. I spend my time hollering over my shoulder, "Watch out for that little girl!" Ah, the benefits and reassurance of someone wearing magenta in the moguls.
Now teen kitty Daisy Mayhem learned to mouse. Her first three captures occurred within 14 hours. A meadow vole and mouse in the evening, and a shrew the next morning. Whoohoo! I didn't know we had such a variety in the house.....
My feats have been dubious at best. First, we ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the same friends on the same day, all unplanned. Breakfast rolled into sledding rolled into lunch and warming up rolled into scrabble and music rolled into dinner. We've talked about doing this with these friends for years. Wouldn't be great if....? What else? Well, I wore my pajamas all day...for work. Slept in long johns, an ice storm closed work, telecommuted from home in my long johns. Went to bed in the same pair...just to say I did it! Clearly, all praise goes to my daughter and cat for their more notable accomplishments.
p.s. I've been enjoying the weekly photos that some friends posted and thought I might be able to accomplish a seasonal photo. While the photo above captures my husband and me in a rare photo together, our daughter was too short to make the frame! Nice photo nevertheless. There's room for improvement in spring.
7 comments:
Welcome back to blogging! You have been missed.
I am so jealous that your 4 year old is skiing. I want my kids to hit the slopes badly as skiing was one of the great loves of my late childhood/ teen years. You'll have to get some video of her up on the blog sometime. I would love to see her hit a black diamond!
Your mom told me about some of the great places your family skied. I absolutely love skiing in Utah--Alta and Snowbird--have yet to get to Europe though.
Skiing, so many fond memories with my kiddos. Utah, Germany and the French Alps were our ski haunts. I didn't ski, left that up to the rest of them, but I did look the part. I'd walk the ski villages and find the best pastries and hot cocoa that my francs and marks could buy. Oh, I was pretty good at garbage bag sledding too which was an after skiing activity. The French thought we were crazy and they were right.
I too held my breath when my kids were skiing, they were fearless and I was a bit fearful. You are making great memories for you and your daughter.
Glad you are posting again, you've been missed.
Yeah! You're back! A video of your hot pink skier is a must. I just can't imagine it. She prefers her water in the form of snow...of course! A natural born and true Vermonter.
Days in jammies and longjohns and with friends...bliss!
Well, hello! Seasonal posts, maybe even I could keep up with that. You absolutely must post a magenta clad wee skier photo!
We sure had fun on the bunny hills growing up - some of my very fond memories!
Dear readers, I will try to oblige. My videos of little skiers are mostly on the flats, because I personally cannot ski the bumps while holding a video camera and hollering over my shoulder at the same time. That's when my child would probably be hollering over her shoulder, "Hey, watch out for my mama!" Maybe I'll wait until a really, really hot day and then post this winter fantasy cool off moment! xo
I think I would wet my pants if I went on a black diamond hill. Sounds like the Magenta Blur would be there to rescue me though.
Sounds like you have a real problem there with that rogue hunter killing all of your wildlife....
I can't wait to see pictures of the Magenta Blur taking on the slopes!
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