Shadow
12 years ago
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Birthday!
H had his birthday today! It seems that all of the big important days this year have fallen on a Thursday. We did not have a party for him. We gave him the option of having a party or going and learning how to ski. He chose skiing. H and G went into a kids ski camp yesterday. It lasted four hours, included lunch, hot chocolate break, and the lesson and gave us time to ski together. We had a wonderful time. Paul and I had never been skiing together before. We had four hours of total ski bliss. It was a bit icy in some spots, but for the most part it was a really nice ski area. Who knew MI would be such a nice place to ski. so, H loved ski school, but just wanted to hit the regular slopes with us, so after ski school Paul took him to the easier slope and off they went. H is a really good skier and picked it up FAST! G and I went and sat by the fire after ski school. She had a fun time, but wants a few more lessons. It was really great to have a nice day out like that. Today on H's actual birthday we all got up nursing stiff legs and spent the day at home. We did have Subway for dinner, because that is what H wanted. A Coldstone Creamery Cake and opened presents. H got a nice digital/Video camera and a Deluxe Pogo Stcik from us and MORE legos from all the grandmothers. Paul and I did make it to midnight last night. We watched the ball drop and turned off the light, only to see fireworks from our neighbor go off right outside the bedroom window. It was very pretty and we felt a bit more festive, and than we went to sleep! I am not one for resolutions, so I won't even try to lie and say I made one. I know I would only break it so why bother. I like New Years, don't get me wrong, but I have never really understood why it is such a big deal to everyone. Why do the stores close? Why make a resolution? We are all off work, so let us go spend some money and have fun? If we didn't do it over the last year what makes us think we are going to do it this coming year? I prefer to think of it as a day to get a fun new kitchen calendar, sleep late, and have a long weekend. So I hope all of you get a nice long weekend, some extra sleep, and a chance to do something fun. Happy New Year!
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Well, it sure sounds like you and your family had a great vacation.
I agree with you about resolutions. If you noticed, in my blog I said plans rather than resolutions. I guess it boils down to the same thing. I think of it more as reafirming my desire to actually accomplish things.
As for the dragon. If I get around to it, mine won't be in the "garden". It will be in the yard. Do you remember where we sank the pool slide into the hillside? My minds eye (which admitedly does not have 20/20 vision) sees the dragons head boiling out of the ground somewhere near the top of that. Then the next loop of his body will be arching over the top of the slide. From there we can add more body arches as time/money/energy dictate and eventually we will have his tail poking out somewhere. Our niece's boyfriend is in concrete and gave me the mix of sand and such to add and told me I was on track for the support of it. Now it's wait and see if we do it.
So, basically, you could do your own dragon swimming up and down through your yard, around trees and play structures. Imagine the fun the kids would have helping attach scales of glass beads and such and then having something to climb on...
Skiing sounds fun! I've never been (I have an irrational fear of breaking myself on a large tree), but if Michigan is anything like Wisconsin or Minnisota it's ski runs might be a little less daunting than Heavenly or Donner! (I went cross country skiing once, but I didn't trust my ability to stop, so I just fell over every time I got close to the edge...because the edge was like 2,000ft up! It was a looong day what with having to tip myself over every 10 seconds!)
Do you still Heart Michigan??? What about the snow???
Did you ever read Twilight?
Wish H a Happy Birthday from us! Happy New Year!
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