Vida & Me Time

Vida Selfie

Tuesdays & Thursdays are Freja's days to go to school...which means those are the days I get some QT with Vida. Of course I love having days with both girls, but one-on-one is so special. And a heckuva lot easier. Vida is so calm and easily entertained when it's just the two of us, compared to keyed up and desperate to mimic her sister's antics when she's with Freja. All she wants to do is keep up with her big sister.

Today we went for a cold but sunny walk around the neighborhood. We stopped at Bert & Ernie Park (the one closest to our house) to play, although Vida is still pretty unsure about walking on snow. The sidewalks were clear but playground covered...so we walked around the sidewalk loop then stopped for a snack.

Practicing walking in snow boots

This dry sidewalk is okay

Little rosy cheeks

And now we're off to pick up Freja at school! xo

...and we're back!

I could go on & on here about how I just don't have time to blog, how a few of you loyal readers have asked for updates, and I think sure I could do that, *tomorrow.* Whatever. You get the gist.

Going forward, I'm going to do my best to regularly update the blog with tidbits that are a little more detailed than I might put on Facebook. Maybe more than one picture at a time. Maybe I'll just share a link to something I like. Feel free to follow along.

Or not.

Whatever.

SNOW DAY!
It snowed here in Carbondale pretty much all day yesterday, with no snow on the ground first thing in the morning and several heavy, wet inches covering everything by late afternoon. Today the girls & I ventured outside to test our snow legs, make the first snowman of the season, and explore the neighborhood. Freja even spontaneously stopped to make a snow angel. What better day than our first real snow day to put up a few good pictures.

Freja, saying "I love snow!"

Beer bottle caps for eyes, because safety!

Impromptu angel

Ribbit, ribbit

Just to keep everyone up to speed: Freja is back at Waldkinder Adventure Preschool two full days a week, Tuesday & Thursday. Vida loves taking all of her clothes & diaper off, and throwing just about anything in the toilet. Jan is happy to be back at work at Aspen/Snowmass, even with some long snowy commutes this week. I continue to enjoy my one hour of (mostly) daily meditation at CrossFit. Due to his inability to locate the litter box, Shady now enjoys his own room (our former office). Gary makes occasional appearances between the hours of 8pm & 7am.

We look forward to hearing from all of you! Enjoy.