It snowed lots in Snowmass and now the snow has arrived in Chicago as well! Maeve is quite taken with it this year and loves to tromp around in her boots and pick up snow to eat and throw. We had a wonderful trip to Colorado with highlights including the aforementioned snow that arrived on Thanksgiving night, doing a “Guess Baby A.’s arrival date” pool, a treehouse fort for Maeve to climb in, rides on the Gondola, the hot tub at our perfectly amazing condo, our night out with the cousins to play pool in Aspen, good local beers and some truly remarkable meals.
Maeve’s first words as we stepped out of the Aspen airport were “I love mountains!” so that set quite a positive tone. Her main activity at the condo involved Dora stickers – putting them on every surface (or person) she could find. Our main activities were taking pictures (posted in the gallery), drinking, working on a puzzle and playing cards. Maeve didn’t eat much during the trip, but was maybe the only one to enjoy the Thanksgiving cookies that were expertly decorated by Aunt Peggy and Nanna. Maeve was perfect on the flights and even laid down to nap in my lap on the way home. All in all, it was a grand vacation and we hope to return – to ski next time!
Since our return, I have been busily organizing our home and Maeve’s winter class schedule which will include The Little Gym, music (the one constant), mixed media-painting, and gymnastics. We might do another yoga class too, either at Bloom or the Y. We are preparing for family visits during the holidays, and need to get our tree this weekend… In addition to some fun playdates this week, we have some holiday parties and another birthday party to look forward to as well! All of this is sure to get us into the Christmas spirit…