Monday, February 6, 2012
60 degrees!
It hit 60 degrees in Boston on February 1st...our freakishly warm winter continues! Henry and I took advantage of the balmy temps and headed to the playground...
Ski Weekend 2012
We have a computer again!!! The new desk/office area for Mike is still not quite complete (you have to love contractors!) but it is complete enough to hook up the computer again and we finally have access to photos and the blog. So, now we need to back track a bit to Martin Luther King Jr. weekend...
We headed to New Hampshire for our second annual ski weekend with the Munds (Jake's family), the LeWinter-Christs (Meredith and Liam's family) and the Hoffman-Dhars (Lila and Akash's family). We rented the same house and took the kids to the same mountain (Pat's Peak). The main difference was that for our ski weekend last year we had already had an unbelievable amount of snow (over 60 inches in Boston, more in New Hampshire). This year we have had...basically none (I am not complaining! Although poor Henry is desperate to build a snowman...) The weekend before we arrived there was literally no snow on the mountain - only trails with man made snow were open. We lucked out and had our second snow "event" of the year (the first since our infamous Halloween snow) a few days before we left...in Boston we only got about 2 inches that melted in a day, but where we were skiing had about 6 inches that stuck. Not enough to open additional trails (or the play area at the ski resort that we enjoyed so much last year), but enough to give the ground a covering and give the kids something to play with in the backyard.
On Saturday morning we headed to the slopes:
Mike decided to take advantage of a lesson - his first time on skis!
Henry had a lot of fun again, but wasn't as fearless as last year. Considering that the next day he came down with the evil 2 week cold, I am not surprised in retrospect.
After skiing and lunch at the slopes, the kids played outside the house in the snow for a bit:
Then warmed up inside:
Sunday was FREEZING, so we spent the morning hanging out inside (and not taking any pictures, apparently!) It was a fun weekend, and we certainly hope we are able to continue the tradition next year!
We headed to New Hampshire for our second annual ski weekend with the Munds (Jake's family), the LeWinter-Christs (Meredith and Liam's family) and the Hoffman-Dhars (Lila and Akash's family). We rented the same house and took the kids to the same mountain (Pat's Peak). The main difference was that for our ski weekend last year we had already had an unbelievable amount of snow (over 60 inches in Boston, more in New Hampshire). This year we have had...basically none (I am not complaining! Although poor Henry is desperate to build a snowman...) The weekend before we arrived there was literally no snow on the mountain - only trails with man made snow were open. We lucked out and had our second snow "event" of the year (the first since our infamous Halloween snow) a few days before we left...in Boston we only got about 2 inches that melted in a day, but where we were skiing had about 6 inches that stuck. Not enough to open additional trails (or the play area at the ski resort that we enjoyed so much last year), but enough to give the ground a covering and give the kids something to play with in the backyard.
On Saturday morning we headed to the slopes:
Mike decided to take advantage of a lesson - his first time on skis!
Henry had a lot of fun again, but wasn't as fearless as last year. Considering that the next day he came down with the evil 2 week cold, I am not surprised in retrospect.
After skiing and lunch at the slopes, the kids played outside the house in the snow for a bit:
Then warmed up inside:
Sunday was FREEZING, so we spent the morning hanging out inside (and not taking any pictures, apparently!) It was a fun weekend, and we certainly hope we are able to continue the tradition next year!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Updates
Sorry for the neglect the past few weeks. The lack of posts is due to:
1) having had no regular computer for 2 weeks (we are in the process of moving Mike's office to make room for the baby's room, and anyone who has dealt with contractors and carpenters I am sure knows that there are a whole lot of delays and annoyances involved.) The ipad does not make it easy to load pictures.
2) Henry and I both having the worst cold in existence for the past 2 weeks (he is home from school yet again today - - I just want one of us to sleep through the night at some point.) And...
3) Me having food poisoning over the weekend (well...to be honest this in no way affected the blog, but I just want to throw it out there to add to my pity party.)
We should hopefully have our regular computer hooked back up this weekend, so I will be able to load up our pictures from our skiing adventure a few weeks ago. Until then, cross your fingers that the evil cold vacates our house quickly!
1) having had no regular computer for 2 weeks (we are in the process of moving Mike's office to make room for the baby's room, and anyone who has dealt with contractors and carpenters I am sure knows that there are a whole lot of delays and annoyances involved.) The ipad does not make it easy to load pictures.
2) Henry and I both having the worst cold in existence for the past 2 weeks (he is home from school yet again today - - I just want one of us to sleep through the night at some point.) And...
3) Me having food poisoning over the weekend (well...to be honest this in no way affected the blog, but I just want to throw it out there to add to my pity party.)
We should hopefully have our regular computer hooked back up this weekend, so I will be able to load up our pictures from our skiing adventure a few weeks ago. Until then, cross your fingers that the evil cold vacates our house quickly!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Old Forge
We headed out on another Powell adventure this past weekend, this time to the Adirondacks (specifically Old Forge, NY) to visit some of my old college friends. Mike and Henry were both big troopers, doing a 6 hour drive there early Saturday morning, then a 6 hour drive back Sunday night all so I could spend some time with my far-flung friends. It was much appreciated by me.
We stayed at my friend Rene's vacation cabin in Old Forge:
where it was picturesque enough for Henry to watch deer off of the deck:
There was actually snow, so Henry got to relish in all the winter activities he has missed so far:
Everyone got in on the action:
Some runs were a bit death defying:
There were snowball fights (mainly led by Mike):
Long snow hikes:
And of course, lots of time with old friends:
Thank you to everyone for a great, snowy weekend!
We stayed at my friend Rene's vacation cabin in Old Forge:
where it was picturesque enough for Henry to watch deer off of the deck:
There was actually snow, so Henry got to relish in all the winter activities he has missed so far:
Everyone got in on the action:
Some runs were a bit death defying:
There were snowball fights (mainly led by Mike):
Long snow hikes:
And of course, lots of time with old friends:
Thank you to everyone for a great, snowy weekend!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Vermont
One of my Christmas gifts from Mike and Henry was a quick New Years getaway to Vermont - a few days of spa treatments (for me), swimming in the indoor pool (for Mike and Henry), shopping (for me), and LOTS of food for everyone.
We went to Manchester - a town we have stayed in several times before - and had our first stay at the Equinox Resort:
We had a fun, two story room where Henry got to sleep in the "tower" with 360 degree views of Manchester:
It was very cozy being in Vermont with all the Christmas decorations still up:
Our last day we actually saw some snow finally show up! (It has been a very unusually snow-less winter thus far. Please note that after last winter I am NOT complaining):
And Henry warmed up at our all-time favorite breakfast place:
Not too many pictures (I may have been too busy luxutiating in spa treatments!) but it was a wonderful trip, and many thanks to Mike and Henry for setting up my surprise!
We went to Manchester - a town we have stayed in several times before - and had our first stay at the Equinox Resort:
We had a fun, two story room where Henry got to sleep in the "tower" with 360 degree views of Manchester:
It was very cozy being in Vermont with all the Christmas decorations still up:
Our last day we actually saw some snow finally show up! (It has been a very unusually snow-less winter thus far. Please note that after last winter I am NOT complaining):
And Henry warmed up at our all-time favorite breakfast place:
Not too many pictures (I may have been too busy luxutiating in spa treatments!) but it was a wonderful trip, and many thanks to Mike and Henry for setting up my surprise!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Newport
Yesterday we took a day trip to Newport, Rhode Island to have Henry see some of the "cottages" decorated for Christmas.
We toured The Breakers:
(Alas, no photos allowed inside.) Henry was GREAT. He wore his headphones and did the audio tour with us. Was very good about not touching anything, being quiet, looking for different architectural details they mentioned, etc. Most of the tour information on society life at the time were beyond him, but he was remarkably patient.
After touring the interior we spent some time outside.
It was a fun day!
We toured The Breakers:
(Alas, no photos allowed inside.) Henry was GREAT. He wore his headphones and did the audio tour with us. Was very good about not touching anything, being quiet, looking for different architectural details they mentioned, etc. Most of the tour information on society life at the time were beyond him, but he was remarkably patient.
After touring the interior we spent some time outside.
It was a fun day!
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