Skiing cousins

Tahoe 2022

A Heavenly vacation

Sister selfie

Tubing

At Campgaw in New Jersey

Winter wonderland

Snow day!

Paint fun!

WPHS Paint Nite

Artists at work

Kindergarten, here we come!

Broadway

A story of cookies

Sadie and I went to a special cookie shop. We got the Unicorn cookie. She didn't like it. So I said she could go to the counter and get her own chocolate chip cookie. She took my credit card and order a 🍪 herself. And enjoyed it.

Ski Day!

Emily and I went skiing. Morning on the blues, and afternoon on the BLACKS!!!

One thing I've realized is that when the girls were younger, I could take pics while they skied. That now we're doing harder runs, I can't anymore. I have to watch out for myself.

Mother daughter book club

Sadie at swim class

Em and her friend hit the slopes

First haircut: done!

Celebrating in the cold

So your birthday is in January? So it's 20° out? So there's a pandemic? So what?! Let's celebrate!!!!

Bye bye, hair!

Sister help

First haircut!

Vaccinated (at least partially)

With the help of two wonderful and loving sisters.

When the box is as exciting as the gift it holds

Breakfast in bed

The birthday girl requested breakfast in bed on the special morning!

Pondering the snow

Names that end in "e"

Sadie announced proudly this morning, "there are two people in our family whose names end in 'e!'"

I fully expected her to say that those two people are Sadie and EmilY, but, when I asked, "Who?" Sadie replied, "Me, Sadie, and Belle! And Emily STARTS with 'E!'"

This kids knows her letters!

The family that skis together…

Warm day = fresh air

Sadie learns to ski

Day one at Mount Snow, before a formal ski lesson: Day two at Mount Snow AFTER 3 2-hour lessons:

Conquering Mount Snow

Candle pin bowling

Sadie loves the bowling shoes!

This was serendipitous:
We tried to eat at a restaurant for dinner recommended by our hotel but we found that there was a two hour wait to sit. We struck out at other dinner places, either with similarly astronomical wait times or no availability at all, and places were not even taking takeout orders.

We found North Star Pizza in Wilmington, VT, which (BONUS!) hosts candle pin bowling!

Two 11 year olds on the mountain

Belle skied with a friend

Hitting the slopes

Snow outside, swimwear inside

Belle surfing

Craig surfing

Sadie on the slopes

Watching Christmas Story, as usual

Four Ceps on a couch

Starting off strong!

Bus driver connection

Belle bonded with her bus driver Ahmad when he shared that he is from Jerusalem after he learned that Belle is Jewish. He engages with Belle, asking her about the books she reads on the bus.
One day, he was discussing Middle Eastern foods with Belle and was surprised that she'd never tried halavah. So he bought her some!

What a smiley!

The smile under the cookie matches the one on the cookie.

Emily’s dreidel art

Volunteering in art!