Sledding on Mountain Hood

We decided to head up to "Mountain Hood" and do some sledding.  I usually get a little nervous to go sledding and tend to opt out but I had a talk with my mom before going up about how much fun I could have if I was brave and tried sledding even though I was scared... So after a few trips down with mom and dad I decided I would go it alone.. and guess what?  Turns out it's a ton of fun!!  I like when I go by myself.  I went down over and over again and even got to be pretty good at pulling the sleds up for the next go round..

Caits had fun too if you can't tell, she told me she wants to "go it alone" next time - we'll see!  I want her to ride my lap though so maybe I can talk her into that too :)  She got the "easy" way up the hill though with dad doing all the hard work... lucky girl!

Lil' Kickers... week 8

So, we've been taking soccer for about 8 weeks now and I think were ready for the big leagues!!  (well, if the big leagues involve foam snakes) 

We don't actually play soccer games yet, but we do shoot goals...  (while getting cheered on "Go Sophia Go")  I dribbled the ball all the way across the field to the goal and shot it square in (with my left foot of course).  Think I'm ready for game time!

In this game we run around and try not to get hit by the snake... of course I went right for Caits and tried to tag her...  But then it was her turn to have the snake and I thought she was going to come after me but turns out she ended up getting a bit distracted and I got to run free  (shocking right?)

As you can see I like to help Caits out when I can... although she doesn't need much help, she hangs with the best of them!

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!!