We're part monkey...

At least that what we pretend to be when we hit the climbing gym.  We've been going almost every weekend and I'm starting to try taller/harder climbs, which for me is pretty impressive.  I'm not sure if you know this about me but at first I tend to be bit timid with these kinds of things at first, but eventually I come around and discover how fun it is!!

Happy Birthday Papou!

Since Papou's has a big birthday this year (80th!  can you believe it?  most people can't...) we decided that we should all to Colorado to celebrate with him...   Plus we were looking for a good reason to use our new suitcases :)   AND... we flew on a small plane going there with mom, Uncle John and Aunt Jennifer.  So small that Caits and I got our own row (no adults!)... well mom was across the aisle so not too far away.  

The whole trip was a pretty fun adventure... we got hang with our cousins Leo and TJ which was super fun.. they are pretty crazy and made us laugh lots all weekend long.  Our favorite day was when mom and dad went skiing and yiayia and papou took Leo, Caits and I to the park to play in the snow, then to the big gondola at Beaver Creek!  We rode all the way up the mountain and had beautiful views the whole way.  TJ is an awesome skier and he went with the "big kids" (ie. my parents) to the mountain to show them his stuff, they seemed like they had a good time too :)  Then that night we celebrated papou's birthday (with CAKE!!)  I think he had fun and we for sure did!

And we got to see my best bud Sammy who lives in CO now.   He looks just the same and it a big brother now (like I'm a big sister).

Bikes and parks...

You know how winter goes around here... rainy, cloudy, rainy...the about every 3 weeks the sun come out and we head for the streets!  We love riding our bike and playing at the parks near our house.  This spinning thing was a new "feature" at a playground nearby and as soon as we saw it, I tried to climb in and get it to spin, Caitlyn on the other hand climbed straight to the top... so not to be out down i climbed right up and joined her...  :)    

We thought this was a pretty silly picture too...  our helmets are pretty smiley :)

what's all this white stuff?!?

Turns out snow is pretty fun to play in.. it was even more fun to have snow ball fights with Cam though!!

and of course we had to do the token snow angel :)

to ski..or not to ski

I went with the "not to ski" approach this time around...  I got all geared up but nerves got the best of me!  maybe next time... :)

snowshoe outing

While Caits, Megs, Cam and I had fun playing at home, mom, dad, Aunt Terri, Aunt Jennifer and Uncle John to yiayia out on a little snow shoe outing...  or as I call it a snow walk.  From what they said it was pretty and fun - I told mom I wanted to go along next time!!