On the Slopes

Getting Ready

Tonight we put up our tree in Tahoe. The boys were so excited they also wanted to wear their Christmas Pjs and hats. They are in the final stretch of a long count down till Santa comes. Last night we even thought we might have heard reindeer on our roof!

Gingerbread House

Making the gingerbread house has become one of our favorite Christmas traditions. This year we bought a kit that had a pre-made house which, we've decided, is the way to go with small kids. Wyatt can't believe that he has unfettered access to any number of sweets during the process. In fact, before he eats any candy he asks, "I'm going to eat one, no two, I mean two M&Ms right now, OK?" And then he looks at me in the process like I'm going to stop him at any moment. Malcolm's approach is much different. He grabs a handful, looks around to see who is watching as if he thinks he is about to do something he is not supposed to, and then he shoves them all in his mouth. It doesn't seem to matter if anyone is watching him, he goes for it anyway. Surprisingly he only choked once during the process. Next year we are planning to up the ante and have a family gingerbread decorating competition.

Pooped After a Full Day on the Slopes

Snowboarding

This weekend, we stopped by REI for some Christmas shopping and came home with an impromptu snowboard purchase for Wyatt. As soon as we brought it home and he tried it on, he had to go try it out. So Papa and Wyatt drove up to Tahoe that night and spent all day Sunday on the slopes.

Fireman!

Malcolm's new obsession - being a fireman. In fact, he no longer wants to be called Malcolm or Moosey, only Fireman. Yesterday he was especially happy to find a fire truck parked out in front of our house. He got to sit inside and even was allowed to ring the bell. To put his obsession in perspective, he actually went and sat on the fireman's lap for the photoshoot...something he refused to do even with Santa Clause!

Drawing Skateboards

Wyatt has been skateboard crazy the past couple of weeks. He's been spending a lot of time learning how to ride with both feet, and doing tricks. Here's a photo of his drawing this morning - there's a tall skateboarder who's 10 years old and a smaller skateboarder who's 4 years old (notice the numbers). There's also a drawing of Wyatt "sliding on a railing" (Papa helped draw the stairs at Wyatt's request).