Needless to say, most of the snow around town has melted with this warmth, so last weekend we headed over to Driggs on the west side of the Tetons for the end of the Great Snowfest. Unfortunately, they'd had some snowmelt and rain, too, so the snow sculptures were not as impressive as they had been the opening weekend. :(
But we did enjoy the Geotourism Center, where the kids could pretend to dogsled with a video screen portraying what it really looks like from a dogsled.
And fishing in the Tetons...
We met up with Owen's friend Brady and his parents at the dog sled.
And walked down to see some snowmobile races. The boys were entranced!
But then we ventured out of the foggy valley up to Grand Targhee Ski Resort where the sun was shining.
The local ski club had bargain-priced ski lessons going on that day, so we had signed Owen up to do that after lunch. Unfortunately it was a bit chaotic, and it didn't seem like he got much guidance. After an hour, he came in crying because he had apparently run into a soft fence. Hopefully that doesn't scare him off of skiing forever! Anyway, here he is before...
Anyway, Owen is also old enough now that he can be dropped off for playdates without me. It's pretty amazing. When I went to pick him up from one, this is how I was greeted! "Captain America! Have you seen Owen?" (His friend, Everest, is very into dressing up as super-heroes. Something Owen has never really been into, so I had to get a picture.)
Hadley has been dressing herself for a couple of months now. It's great, but now she even picks it out herself, which can be interesting. Pink shirt and backwards pants with bright green socks? Sure, that's fine, dear. Sometimes Owen has the time and inclination to help her get dressed, even combing her hair! And sometimes, when on her own, she comes running with her huge head stuck in her shirt, "I need helllllllp!" It always makes me laugh, so I thought I'd share.
The other morning she hadn't had her coffee yet, apparently. (See her wild morning hair?) She was not making eye contact and holding the comics up to block prying eyes. It reminded me of Owen doing this at about the same age. By the way, the big girl bed is going pretty well! She's stayed in there just fine at night, but has been dropping naps, singing to herself and reading books instead.
Lastly, Owen and I went to a "Mom and Son Date Knight" at our local Chick-Fil-A. It was cute; Owen got to hang out with his best friend Carson and have his first ride in a limo! They were jumping up and down when they saw the limo, marveled at the changing lights inside, and helped themselves to some chilled, bottled water they found in the seat-side cooler.
FYI, I think I failed to mention that he had his 5-year check-up a month ago. He's 43.5" tall and 43.5 lbs, so a lb/inch correlation. Ha! He also got up-to-date on his immunizations because we'll be registering for kindergarten in a month! Can you believe it?!?
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