Monday, February 28, 2011

Winter

Simon does not like winter at all. He doesn't like the snow, he doesn't like to wear his coat. He will wear his gloves and hat once he starts to freeze his little tushie off. He says he might try ice skating once he's three. We did have a cool walk to the Harlem Meer the other day and the geese are starting to come back. They walk very carefully on the frozen ice, spreading their feet way out and sort of ice skating along the surface. This photo was taken on New Year's Eve. Yes, I realize that he has circles under his eyes, and I know he's 2, but he stayed up well past midnight. Party boy!
Here is Jonah on the chairlift. He learned to ski this season! We went up 5 times with a big group of kids to Shawnee Mt. in PA. It was great fun and might be a regular part of our winter. Jonah said he was never doing anything more than a "Green" run...but then his ski teacher took him on a "Black" run, and while he wasn't happy about that at all, it improved his skiing tremendously, and now he's comfortably doing "Blues".
Maya took to skiing too. Last time we went I didn't see her much of the day--she was with a big group of her girlfriends. The midweek days we go are pretty much empty--no lines, and it is a small mountain, so the kids can just take off on their own. I even got to ski 4 times this year.
One nice little surprise was a several day visit from my parents. We had a whirlwind few days with them that was lots of fun--they got to see some of the things the kids are up to, including attending a birthday party in a bed and breakfast in Brooklyn for one of Jonah's friends. This party was like a preview of the teenage years--they have a killer basement with a mirror ball and all sorts of instruments. Those boys were unabashedly dancing their hearts out. It was so sweet.
Their hotel was in the Financial District, a few blocks from Brett's office. We spent some time hanging out on the 30th floor in the meeting room on a weekend just enjoying the view of all the activities at the World Trade Center site. We also spent some time in the 'hood, here in our apartment, went out to eat, they saw Memphis and we went to the Brooklyn Museum. Jonah got a special math lesson (I think I remember the same one), and attempted some geocaching while Maya and my mom made a pie. We had a really nice time.

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