Thursday, December 2, 2010

November Escape to the Mountains


Time is just cranking on. Here we are in December already. This time my derelict posting is due to some bug that prevented me from uploading pics and then I sorta got off track. Hopefully it will be smooth today and we will be back on track. Although Luc will be gone for 10 days to Vietnam and I am not sure that I will have the energy.

We went to Mt. Rainier on the Crystal Mountain side for Veteran's Weekend. We are trying to embrace the four-day closures that happen at our daycare by taking a little time off. Especially since Luc is traveling soon. We stayed at the Alta Crystal Mountain Resort, which seems to be a great place to stay with kids- the rooms have kitchenettes, living rooms, fireplaces, and there is a little rec lodge and heated pool year-round. Plus hiking trails out the back door. So we could minimize the driving. Mostly it rained while we were there, but there was some early morning snow!

Amelia also loves her super cute little Swedish hat! Thanks Zora! It fits perfectly.





Amelia loved hiking. It was cold and we had to use mommy mittens or sock mittens since we didn't have any proper ones. But she didn't mind too much. When we were hiking, Luc was holding one hand and I was holding the other, she found a rock to climb and when she was at the top, we had her "jump" off while holding our hands. She loved it. We kept walking and Amelia stopped. We looked down and she was standing on a little rock. She wanted to jump!! SO cute. Needless to say our Hiking time has been drastically reduced! But at least we are all having fun.
She even wanted to wear our hiking boots! Silly girl. Oh that reminds me of a video we need to post.

Amelia is really good at putting the little tower together. SHe is so concentrated while she is working on it. The fire was another big hit. I guess we'll have to do some at home this winter.

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