Fun Stuff

Fun things have happened lately. There was an Easter egg hunt in the swimming pool last week. Sage was sooo excited to go. She didn’t even mind that she had to take a shower before she got in the pool. She said she could “handle it.” Anyway, all these little kids sat around the kiddie pool while the lifeguards dumped eggs into the water. Then the kids went for it. It was great. Sage had such a good time, and she loved all the prizes she got in her eggs. Most of all, though, she loved the eggs and spent an entire day (I’m not kidding) painting them. She is such an artist. The other day she colored from 7am till noon when she finally got dressed, went to the bathroom, and brushed teeth. She’s quite proud of all the coloring books she has filled. You should have seen her eyes boggle when she saw the mega pack of 96 crayons that my mom got her. She’s been coloring ever since. Her favorite colors are asparagus (even though that one broke in half, but “that’s ok” as Sage says) and macaroni and cheese.
My parents came to visit last week. My dad was anxious to install a new door into our garage. He likes his projects. Keiger was fascinated by it all. He loved hanging out by the door as Grandpa was working. He even brought his little toy hammer over and started to pound. It was really cute; I wish I had gotten a picture. Kei is pretty funny. Lately, he’s big into wearing shoes…anyone’s. As soon as he gets some on, he thinks it’s time to head out to play. He’s also really into playing with Sage’s Polly Pocket toys. He hides them all over the house.
Speaking of cute, it was our turn for preschool last week and Sage wanted to have a tea party, so I tried to make it real fancy. I pulled out Sage’s little play table, put it in the kitchen, then left the room for something. When I looked back in the kitchen, Keiger had gone into Sage’s room, taken out her play dishes, brought them into the kitchen, and set the table! He was ready! The girls dressed in fancy dresses for the tea party. The Jello was the hit. Even Keiger sat at a chair at the table and ate. You could only see the top half of his face poke above the table, but he was loving it. He’s such an observant little guy. Too smart. Anyway, the girls decorated lion and lamb cupcakes (I’m such a bad sugar influence!). I thought they turned out so cute, I had to take a picture. What would we do without Family Fun? They also had fun making shamrock wands and leprechaun finger puppets. Good times. I’m bummed that Sage will lose her preschool friends to kindergarten next fall. I’ve been looking into preschools around here, but they are all super expensive, so I’m trying to work up the energy to start a co-op or something. I’m sure something will work out over the summer.

It was very nice to have my parents here, and it’s always a weird couple of days after they leave to get used to being on our own again. My dad and I did get to ski one afternoon. We went over to Angel Fire Resort, which was really nice--big, wide runs. I think it’s my favorite place to ski of all the places we’ve tried up here this year. And my dad can still ski. He really is a beautiful skier. I tried to learn some more from him.

I am so happy we’ve been able to ski this year. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy it, since we really haven’t been able to ski that often since we’ve been married. So I’m grateful we’ve had some chances to ski mountains that are so close. I think one of the best things for me about moving here has been that we’ve gotten outside so much more. We have some friends here who are bit older than us with 3 kids that have taught me that just because you’re married and have kids, doesn’t mean you can’t make time and create opportunities to do the things you enjoy. So I’m thankful Jake and I have been able to take a couple of hours and go cross-country skiing or that we have all these fun trails to explore with the kids. It’s really fun, although everything is a bit muddy right now. Taos turns to mud in the spring. It’s pretty funny. Even the local newspaper is running a competition for readers to photograph the biggest pothole in the county. There are some real doozies.

Jacob's 2 cents - I went to the Sabinoso Wilderness Study Area to look at an allotment. That place is really neat, two huge canyons. This one is the Mora River canyon