Whistler Day 2...one more first

Tomorrow we are touring the sliding facility in the afternoon, which will be really cool. It will be all lit up and there will be future Olympian hopefuls running the track (juniors). The guy at the desk said that they're setting record on this course, the fastest in the world- 154k/hour! Holy crap. The previous Olympic gold medalist won at 132k/hr (according to him, I'm way too lazy to actually check).

Last night in town....this didn't go as well as it looks- apparently a little ice scraping on a bare belly can lead to crying. Poor baby.

More pure joy pics for Wendy. She clearly hates everything about winter.

I loved this, Kat & Daddy looking at each other.

This is a great series...she was counting 1, 2, 3 and then they were jumping in the snow. Kat hated it, clearly.

Kat's first snowperson. She didn't make it, but came over to meet it after Dan finished.

Dan sledding down the hill.

Whistler Day 1....tons of firsts

Well, we FINALLY decided what to do over the Thanksgiving break, on Saturday. We dropped the boys off yesterday AM and headed to Whistler! A winter wonderland! And so many firsts..

First there was puddle jumping in town, which she has done before. It was raining/snowing and we had a great time. Town is pretty quiet and the Tantalus, where we're staying (and have stayed at millions of times before on our skican trips from Buffalo), is at 20% capacity. Which is nice when Kat wants to race her toy double stroller up and down the hallways. We'll leave Friday, when rates go up and things start to pick up. Though I did buy edge cards today and reserve a spot in day care for Kat on Thursday, so we will ski a day here (and ride the peak to peak chair-http://www.whistler.com/gondola/ (we may ride it separately...I don't know.... 4 supports over 1.88 miles...yikes). There are piles of snow in the village, but no fresh accumulation. Lots on the mtns, however, this is their snowiest November yet, which I'm sure gives them hope for the Olympics in just 8 weeks or so....

She made a little friend and showed her how puddle jumping should be done and ice throwing.

This was a first- catching a snowflake on her tongue! I think she got this one.
Another first (aside from wearing the snowsuit from D&Ls kids, which we LOVED BTW. Thanks again for that) was throwing a snowball at mommy. I think that its the one she hit me in the wrist with.
Sledding in deep snow. She had sledded in 3" of snow in our yard last year, but that was before she was mobile.....LOVED the sledding and we were out for over an hour (and it wasn't her begging to come inside, either).

Kat's first snow angel. I had to move the appendages, but she was a pro at laying at the snow.
Down the hill with a push from Daddy. Tomorrow, we'll all be on sleds, as I borrowed a big one from the front desk.

Another first....eating snow. She liked it!

Cookie Decorating pics- by Annie

We had a cookie decorating playdate this week....the boys loved doing cleanup for 10 toddlers with cookies, frosting and vaious other items. Annie took these and she has a great camera and a great eye (and a great subject, but I may be biased) and I told her she could definitely make some money taking pics for folks. This first one is my fave.

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Reading to Ben. 

Krazy Kat

At the park today. In the rain. She's discovering the big swings.

Kat lined up both of the Opuses and both of the Grommitts on the bench and then leaned in for a picture with them, saying 'smile'.

What a lovely Seattle day.....

The last of the Halloween pics....after trick or treating in the mall, we went to Joann Fabrics (in the mall), where I helped her line up these electronic dancing pumpkins, et al, and she just kept squeeziing them all to make them sing and dance. It was quite cute.

I like this one.... the music had ended, and thus the kiddie dancing, and she's just standing there...

Here are Kat and Adam last Friday night...they did this for at least 1/2 hour! It was great for both of them. I know Kat slept great that night (and the next).

another beautiful day (our last one??)

At the park today. None of those leaves are from native trees, they're mostly maple, but the girls didn't care why they had leaves to play in, just that they did! That's Kat's little friend Charlotte. These are all iphone pics (have I mentioned that iphone is a word now in her lexicon?)

At our playdate this AM. I asked the mom 'did you buy Colin drums or were they a gift?' They were a gift. I was pretty sure that they were, but Kat liked them and looks pretty comfy back there.

I think she's doing a rim shot here.

Toddler, baby Einstein and a large screen TV. And icebergs.

A beautiful day at the dog park

It's a beautiful day today- with the help of our landlords son, who came over to do some painting, Boo got in teh car and we headed to the dogpark. Fun was had by all.
Kay loves to walk the empty leashes. Which is far less hazardous that walking them with the idiots attached....

She was trying to write in the gravel. I swear that she kept saying 'k' and then the subsequent letters got less distinct...

She found another toddler to play with. Even loaned him one of her leashes to drag arouns. Which he did. Then she moved from this pile to a gully about 100 yards away and we all followed her....the little boy, 2 moms and stroller and 4 dogs. And then we all followed her back to the pile. She may be a born leader.
This is 2 of her best little friends at the playground yesterday. Charlotte and Rodrigo.


So. We get home from the dogpark. I carry the kid in to put down for a nap. I left the doors of the car open as I knew I had to come back out, to collect the kat snax, shoes, socks, etc. And I couldn't put the wet dogs on the porch (where they would like to be) as some of the boards were painted while we were out. So I threw them outside. So, imagine my surprise when I went to the car and see this. Ben waiting very patiently in the back of the Rav. Then I see the side gate is open. And then I start to panic. Where's Boo. I can't go look for him, as Kat is here sleeping. I let Ben in the house. Again. And there was Boo in the backyard, clueless that his freedom was just steps away. Lucky for me.