Many of you know that I had great anxiety about taking both kids on a 4 1/2 hour airplane ride....not to mention all the suitcases, strollers, carseats, diaper bags, etc. that we would have to take with us. Fortunately, David's parents were going with us to help bear some of the load, but I knew this would still be a big task for us. Allie and Will have both traveled on a plane several times, and they did great. However, Allie hasn't traveled on a plane since she was ~10 months old, and I was worried that we wouldn't be able to keep her still and occupied for such a long trip. In addition, Will had a pretty yucky cold and I was worried that the altitude changes would be tough for him. Well, it turns out that we got to the airport and through security flawlessly, and the babes did just great on the plane (they always do great, I don't know what I was worried about!). Now, of course, there was plenty more for me to worry about, like the 2 hour time change. I knew that by the time we got to Park City and got settled into the rental house, fed the babes dinner, and got the Pack-n-Plays set up and put them to bed, it would be like 8pm their time. This might not seem like a big deal to most, but Will goes to bed at 5:30pm religiously and Allie follows soon behind him at 6:30pm. Well, of course, they handled it great again....probably better than the rest of us!
David and I got in 4 good days of skiing. The first full day that we were there was warm and sunny, so we took Allie and Will out to play in the snow after we finished skiing for the day. Allie absolutely loved the snow, and she especially liked her fancy pink snow boots (she even wore them around inside the house!)
Despite the fact that I got sick on the trip (which I've now learned is a fun case of strep throat and a sinus infection!), we had a fabulous time. Can't wait to put some skis on Allie next year!
Our first day skiing also happened to be Fat Tuesday, and lots of folks were wearing Mardi Gras beads. Allie managed to charm these beads of a lady that she met briefly.
This was as close as Will got to the snow
Allie and PawPaw built this great little snowman on the hot tub in the back of our rental house. And yes, those are grapes for his eyes and buttons....I think his nose fell off.
Allie being a ham wearing Grandma's hat
Nikki
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