We packed up the car and headed to Colorado for a family ski trip. Natalie did wonderful in the car -- 9.5 hours with no accidents and she happily went potty every time we stopped. And just like always, she waited until we were an hour away from our destination to take a nap. But that's ok...
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| "Go fish" |
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| After 8 hours on the road, she's finally out. |
Once in Colorado, we met up with our friends the Hilker's and Auntie Adrienne. On Christmas Eve, we all hit the slopes... Katie wanted to take snowboard lessons so she spent the day in Snowboard School. We knew Natalie was too young for lessons but we decided we'd teach her anyway.
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Miles ready for ski school and Nat all excited and ready for her first ski lesson with
mommy, daddy and Auntie Adrienne. |
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| "This way, Auntie" |
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| Step 1: get skis on feet. Check! |
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| Step 2: Listen very carefully to Auntie while staring off into distance at chair lift. |
Daddy was in charge of helping Natalie on and off the "magic chairs" and mommy was in charge of skiing backwards with Natalie.
At the end of the day, we finally were able to find Katie and snap a quick photo of her.
On Christmas Eve, Santa was out on the slopes visiting kids and then walking around the lodge at the end of the day handing out candy canes. Natalie was finally brave enough to say hello and ask him for some pink mittens.
Once back at the house, Natalie dictated a letter to mommy for Santa. Katie helped her count out the correct number of carrots (one for each reindeer) and they left cookies and milk.
The house must have been full of good kids because on Christmas morning, this is what the house looked like...
Let the madness begin...
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| "Mommy, he brought me PINK MITTENS!!! Just like I asked." |
And after the chaos of Christmas morning, we decided to go sledding...
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| Looks like all those practice carpet angels she made were worth it. |
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