Gloves on and the kit out - these boys were coin collectors for the day. My Uncle Mick has a passion for this and was excited to share it.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Sunday, January 10, 2021
MT Snow again - Epic Pass day 5
Another Blue Bird day at MT. Snow - Loving the lack of sports schedules that allow for this awesomeness.
Everything is bright and well covered
I believe we may have had a bit of a slow start, traversing the mountain, losing a glove (temporarily) and finding our way again. Somehow we managed to catch the golden chair! Its looking up for this adventure family!
It was such a blue bird day we had to enjoy some cocktails on the deck. Meanwhile the kids were QUITE entertained. they were riding the mini lift and rocking the jumps. They said the tunnel was just too hot, so they were lugging their stuff up the hill.
Here is another one of jumps on the slopes
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Friday night skiing
Friday night on the slopes and ITS THE PLACE TO BE in our area. The cars where lines up to come in. We told the boys we were skiing together as a family.
Honestly there was a part in that conversation where they were horrified.
Nick had a group of buddies he has been skiing with (nightly)
Shane finally orchestrated his group of friends for that night (to include a burger dinner) and Drew even had a buddy to link up with.
We had successfully raised 3 independent skiers - congrats Mom and Dad. Sorry mom if you are a little nostalgic about it all.
Therefore Chris and I brought the fire pit and tailgating elements. We weren't 100% comfortable with Drew's independence, so we needed to keep up with him a bit. After a little tailgating I went off to find him. Not having a friend or kiddo to ride the lifts meant each time I came through the mass of folks in line, I ended up riding the lift solo (COVID times makes for even more awkward ski lift meeting)
I went up the lift scanning for Drew (or Shane and Nick) each time. I found Nick once, he kindly said Hi and went off to his friends. I found Shane and he did something similar (less cheery). I rode the lift another solo time. I have to admit, with all the Friday groups and social feels, riding solo was getting me kinda down. I scanned the slope again, no Drew. I took my skis off and decided I was done riding the lift solo.
Who do I see at that exact moment? My little Red and black turtle (I have often referred to my learning skiers as turtles as honestly they do look like baby turtles) It brings tears to my eyes now at how excited we BOTH were to see each other. I told him how I rode the lift solo a few times and it made me sad. He told me he rode the lift solo 5 times! (Geesh, what's my problem - this resilient kiddo is teaching ME a lesson) He than proceeded to talk my ear off of all his adventures, jumps, trails and successes on the mountain. We rocked a few more runs together before they closed down the lifts for the night. I just wanted to remember how happy the both of us were to see each other than night.
Monday, January 4, 2021
After school Snowman making
There are days that I am reminded of Drew's young spirit and enjoyment of these childhood things.
We have built COUNTLESS snow men and while there are times I think we have moved on, Drew brings us right back to exactly where we should be.
And he even gets his brother to happily join in.
I loved seeing this creation live on for several days greeting the cars as they drove by.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Our little Skittles
Something about these 3 bright jackets just makes me giggle. Chris lines these boys up like this often, Hear no evil, see no evil and say no evil. Guess its about right??
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Friday, January 1, 2021
The Great skate
New Years Day and while we don't have big plans for today - it would be fun to find an ice rink, get the legs used to something different. Enjoy another winter sport.
I made a quick post on social media. What are folks recommendations? Local ponds? Simsbury farms does reservations for blocks of time (I clearly have no fore thought) When you make a post on social media looking for tips on the best skating rink around and a buddy you haven't connecting in a while reaches out and offers her back yard.
You are kind of blown away with how impressive this is, rink, connection and timing of it all.
The boys were a bit tentative - heck its their first time, the skates aren't perfect. We abled around a bit. Than the Legers came home from skiing and upped the anti a bit. They are BIG TIME hockey players. It was fun to observe my boys watch for a bit as they aggressively took over the ice. Than they got right in there. Liz brought Shane a better pair of skates, Drew wasn't a push over and Nick proved to be already rather nimble (big surprise I know!)
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