Happy Anniversary

We got married on 29 February 92--- 'cause it was on a Saturday! Friday, Feb 29th was our 4th official wedding anniversary, even though we do celebrate every year for the past 16. We went to dinner at The Melting Pot (www.meltingpot.com), a fondue restaurant, and had a babysitter at the house. YAY! Yay for babysitters sometimes! We made popcorn, brownies, ordered a pizza, had juice and tea, movies, the little guy had a bath earlier in the day, so they were all set. We went to the movie Vantage Point earlier in the day, and it was good all around (except for the red nail polish). At dinner, the folks at the table across from us were celebrating the Dad's 14th birthday :) Apparently there are "thousands" of leap babies in NM, and about a half million across the country, or so. We only know 3 so far.

We decided to get each other an elliptical exercise machine, and we are determined that we are going to get back into shape! Determined!

Anyway, here's to another 4 or 8 or 12 leap anniversaries to come, or maybe even more!

Thanks to all those who remembered this year!

Sledding in the Sandia's, YAY!

It was cold, it was windy, so we waited till the afternoon to venture out. Then had a blast!

Before any accidents or out of control sledding...

We are out of order: getting ready to test the coldness

The photographer never gets photographed (it's not a bad thing...)

BUT, here is a reflection from the window of the truck,

while waiting for the guys to get gloved up.

Mike, watching

This footprint was about 8" long, and the snow was about a foot deep where you would sink down where it wasn't frozen enough. Glad whatever it was (too big for a dog) wasn't around when we were there!

One of the slopes we were using

Christopher posing on the log he ran into earlier

Papa and Christopher

Getting ready to launch down the hill....Whoaaaaaaaa! Wheeeeeeee! Then, he hit the log!

not hurt, thankfully, but: Waaaaaaaaa!

Hard to see, but there's frozen snow in his beard that latched on and stayed

just playing, waiting to get back into the truck

everyone is tired, time to go home, "can you pull me on the sled?"

it's a little hard to see, but the moon was starting to rise over the horizon

off to the left of the slopes we were playing on, probably could have gone sledding there also, but there are short wooden road barriers in the middle...they would HURT if you rammed into them!

Yay for snow and sledding!

What a 4-yr old looks like sledding!

We had a blast! The main sledding area was closed due to too much ice, "sled at your own risk." No one could even get into the road as it was completely iced over, so we chose to do side of the road sledding, there are several areas that are perfect for the little guys. The Caupilin spot has awesome smaller slopes for people like me (and the kids), and one hellatious tall one. If you're ever in NM in the winter and like sledding (or skiiing), it's only an hour away and very inexpensive.

Christopher did great at the sledding, and it worked better this year for all three of us to have our own sleds so we didn't have to take turns with him. He'd get to the bottom last year after going down by himself and then we'd have to keep walking up and down to bring his sled because it was too big and the hill was too tall for him to manage on his own. The place we found yesterday was small enough he could manage on his own perfectly and he had several choices of starting places and slopes!

Jessie, the Hibernating Bear

So, it's time for the class to take turns caring overnight for Jessie, the Hibernating Bear!

Got the PJs on, time to cuddle before bedtime.

Going to bed, how do they have any room in this bed!

Time to take Jessie back to school, reluctantly!

(sorry the rest of the pics are out of order,

I don't know how to fix and have to get off the computer)

More cuddle time in the morning

Jessie after she got dressed for the morning

Before she changed into PJs at night

Changing the clothes

Ta Da, PJ time!

Christopher LOVED to babysit Jessie, and he did a great job! (he took his job very seriously)

Came home with her and couldn't wait to put her in her pajamas, read her the book that she came with and has probably heard hundreds of times, cuddled, and then they all went to bed.
I don't know how there was any more room in his bed, since he also has Teddy and Elmo that stay there each night. Then, as he usually changes bedrooms in the middle of the night, he also brought her with him to the "family bed".

In the morning, he played with her, picked out her clothes and got her dressed, and took her back to school. He had a death grip on her once at school, because he didn't want to give her back, and of course, he cried, but then he knew it was time for another of his classmates to take a turn and he gave her up.

We went to Savers later last night to get him PJs for his Elmo and Teddy, which he was pretty happy about.

We also found an easter egg tree there, so he fixed it up nicely, and when he woke up this morning, found we had a little snow! (okay, not the snowstorm that was forecast, but a great day of weather for a fire and some baking, we're going to make our valentine's cupcakes, finally)

Okay, so this is the excitment in my life, but I LOVE it! There's something to be said for being an "older" parent.

Storm was a BUST!

storm went south and east, we just got a dusting! but, the weather today is perfect for making a fire and we're going to bake our Valentine's cupcakes. I think we are going to put surprise fillings in each one for fun.

Storm's a comin'

Weather since Nov has been COLD!!! Not what we like here in Albuquerque! I'm talking FREEZING cold and colder, as in barely above 32 during the day, at and below 20's and teens or lower at night! This week it's gotten a little warmer in the day, up to this afternoon, but we're expecting a snow storm Thursday night and Friday. Yay, maybe we'll get to build a snowman and also go sledding in the mountains to enjoy it this time!

Mom, happy thoughts of you!