Winter Fun

Well, it has been raining a lot here recently, which translates to snow in the Sierra.  We decided to check it out ourselves this weekend and get Ethan on downhill skis for the first time.

There was plenty of snow!  Alaina enjoyed building snowmen.  She wan not too big of a fan of sledding, and too young to ski, but she did enjoy some mother-daughter bonding time.

Ethan meanwhile, loved sledding and took right to skiing.

  

We put him in a ski lesson for his first day and then Jason took over showing him how to stop and how to turn.  After 2.5 days, he was doing pretty well, making it down easy runs without falling.

We are very lucky to have a taste of winter nearby, but not right outside our door!

THREE!

Today our little girl turned three!  It is hard to believe that it has been three years since she was born, but in a lot of ways, time has moved too quickly.  What a precious age she is at now!

To celebrate, we had a birthday party at a local park, complete with a "frozen" jumpee house.  Many of her friends from school came, even though we had to postpone the party from Saturday until Sunday due to rain.  It was cool, but not raining.

  


Today, Ethan and I brought muffins to preschool for snack time for another celebration.

 

Finally, to cap it all off we enjoyed a special dinner--Alaina chose "Orange Chicken" (a trader Joe's special) and we had cake and presents.






I think she had a special day.  Happy birthday to our sweet little girl!

Catch-up: Thanksgiving Break

Well, I got behind on posting this fall and have a bit of catch up to do.  Over Thanksgiving break, we had the opportunity to head to Disneyland.  We drove down the Saturday before the holiday and spent 2 days at the park.  We wanted to get there before Alaina turned 3, since kids under 3 are free.
Rebeka came with us to "experience" a bit of American culture.

We had a nice time, though the park was extremely crowded and we didn't get to do as many rides as we had hoped.  The park was all decorated for Christmas time, which was very pretty.

Ethan's favorite: the new Cars-land ride.  He also was brave and went on Space Mountain.

Alaina enjoyed Dumbo, Peter Pan, and of course the carousel.  She also really enjoyed the Frozen sing-along show.

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