Thursday, January 08, 2009

Snowmen, Sledding, Snowdogs, and Skiing

It was a monumental trip we took to Pinetop New Years Day. Dereje and Saba's FIRST SNOW. In a word, it was awesome!
Ana, Eric, and Emery built a snowman (with the help of Mr Potato Head and Eric's gloves and hat).Azul remembered that he was a Husky and found that he LOVED pulling Ana and Emery in a sled.But when he tried to pull Dereje he found out that he wasn't as "into" it as he thought.Then we tried to get him to pull his friend "Harley" - it was then that Azul remembered that there was a fireplace inside with his name on it with lots of warm humans to cuddle with...thus, the end of his Iditarod dreams.There was a lot of learning on this vacation - Dereje "learned" (or didn't quite learn and became a bit frustrated) how to play a Wii.
Ana learned how to throw a snowball like a champ!
And Saba learned that she does, in fact, fit into a popcorn bowl (sans popcorn).All in all, it was a very successful trip. There was lots of time for playing board games and reading by the fire...along with a little bit of cross country skiing and other snow games!
Best of all we spent the weekend with family and friends...a great way to ring in the New Year!

2 comments:

Mem said...

thanks for showing us megan and ana and emery!!! megan has lost that bloggy feeling i'm afraid- and of course always fun to see the super cutie saba!

Unknown said...

YES, It was is great that you are keeping us abreast of Megan's family also. I MISS her blogs but I am happy that you all are having such a wonderful long vacation together. I reiterate-can I be a triplet?? Rachel