Annisia decided to see what the fuss was all about with Jonathan's ski helmet and goggles. Yep! They're pretty cool! But, oh, Jonathan didn't like that. Nope. Not one bit. "Annisia! Those are mine! Take them off!" Don't tell him I said this, but she's just as cute in them as he is! (heehee!)
Jonathan asked for a bowl when he went outside. Hmmm. I should have given him a haircut along with that! He has Annisia's sunglasses wrapped around it...unfortunately, I have forgotten exactly what he was doing. I think he was wearing a hard hat, but didn't want to wear the real one he has for some reason. Crazy kids! He has the hiking poles attached to the motorcycle...being a skidsteer?
Do you see the drift of snow up against the deck railing? This was nice sunny day and the snow was compacting. Compare it to this pic taken approximately a week earlier. Jonathan is standing on the deck which is about 6inches off the ground...the drift was about 3 feet tall!
On Friday, March 27, Michael and Jonathan headed off to Red Lodge around 8:30am. It's a 3 1/2 hour drive, so they stopped in Billings to get lift tickets at Costco. (a great savings trick, btw. $70 for a pair ($35 ea) full day lift tickets compared to $47 full day/$37 half-day on the mountain) They got there in time for a half day Friday. The skiing was great! This first pic is of the snow on the lift line.
Jonathan already having a great time! Isn't he cute?!
Powder hound!
Then they took a few rides on the Magic Carpet.
That evening, Uncles Bret and Jon arrived. And the next day was a blast with them...as usual! Here's a taste of the fun they had. Bret and Jon were on snowboards. Check out this great wipe out by Bret. At :10, Bret says, "Did you get it?" Haha! I think it's great he wanted to make sure Michael got the video of the fall! At :27, Jon snowboards up to Jonathan, "Braack" (like a chicken) and says, "come on, get up!"
Jonathan was ready for the next step...an intermediate (blue) slope. Here are Uncle Jon, Jonathan, and Michael at the top of the Lazy M, a fun intermediate run.
Here's the video again of Jon messing around and Jonathan giggling about it.
And this one shows again how far up the spectrum Jonathan has come. At :25, Jon says, "What?!" And Jonathan says he's going to take a rest. "Oh, come on..." And Jonathan responds, "It's OK!" So cute!
Riding up the lift with Uncle Jon.
Cruising...
Uncle Jon, in his perfect ski form, (I mean, look at his parallel skis! beautiful!) demonstrating "post and turn" to Jonathan. Jonathan says Uncle Jon is saying, "Pokey turn!" because he pokes his pole into the snow when he turns.
Middle of the Lazy M. Isn't it beautiful?
That white ridge below is Miami Beach.
3/29 Jon left the night before, but Uncle Bret stayed on. More snow was blowing and falling! Jonathan was getting used to powder. At :45, he says, "Uncle Bret, I like the powder!" He kept going over to the side of the run where it wasn't groomed.
This is a sweet pic of Jonathan resting his skis on Daddy's snowboard while riding the lift. Michael is so proud of Jonathan coming up the curve so fast. He feels comfortable snowboarding while J skis. Just need to watch out getting on and off lifts. Once we had a big pile-up. Finally, lunch at Midway Lodge! They always knew when Jonathan was hungry. He started getting whiney and not listening on the slopes (a dangerous thing, you know!). Jonathan really likes the waffle fries there! Looks like he had a corn dog too.
Michael took Jonathan skiing to Red Lodge, MT, this past weekend. They had a blast! They left Friday morning and got some skiing in that afternoon. Uncle Jon and Uncle Bret arrived that evening and they all enjoyed a day together Saturday. Here is a video from that day, but I told Michael he needs to do a bigger post about this with some of his own stories. So maybe tomorrow evening, I'll actually get him to do that. Until then, enjoy my little man skiing!
Annisia melted our hearts again with another song. I caught her singing "Humpty Dumpty" the other morning. She loves to sing, and her little lisps and d's for g's and w's for l's are cute...for now!
We seem to finally be getting some snow. Last weekend, we had temps in the high 60s...I think we even hit 70 degrees F on Sunday. Sunday evening, it started raining which turned to snow which became a blizzard by about 7am Monday morning. The wind was blowing so hard Monday morning. I went to teach my boot camp class and when I was leaving the YMCA, I was hit by a gust of wind while I was walking across the parking lot. I slid an inch or so...thought I was going to get blown over. Now that's a big wind! We had a day full of laundry and the kids played games on the computer while the wind and snow blew. Here is Jonathan creating...
The next day we went outside after the deck got shoveled. We had some fun on the big drift off the south deck. Jonathan tried riding the motorcycle down the drift. I think I am going to start worrying about this kid...he does the craziest things sometimes!
Annisia wanted to sled. So we brought her sled up to the top of the same drift, I put her in it and told her to sit very still, ran out to get the video, told her to lean forward and hoped she would lean the right way (as leaning backwards would mean a backwards fall of 3 ft onto a wooden deck...owww! Actually, Jonathan was behind her and helped her get going too.) She loved it! Listen to her and Jonathan squeal and giggle!
Jonathan joined Annisia on the sled. Watch Annisia when I say, "Lean forward..." She leans backwards! Eek! I am imagining the fall to the deck, that's why I start to rush towards them. Luckily, she's a smart little girl and listens to me and recognizes my gestures to lean the other way. Whew! What a fun time they had!
Then Jonathan and I shoveled the driveway. It was icy, but sort of just peeled off with the shovel. I would scoop some up, then toss it aside and it would slide across the driveway on top of the rest of the ice! Jonathan decided to call the ice dirt, and said it needed to be put on the new garden spot. So we loaded up the ice in our sleds and dumped it on the newly fertilized garden.
Jonathan and Annisia chilling on their couch one morning.
When we went to Red Lodge a couple of weeks ago, we forgot the camera in the truck, so we didn't get any skiing pics. But when we finally got the kids to bed that night, I checked on them after a little bit. I found Annisia doing the ear pinch routine on poor Jonathan...but he was so tired and didn't even have a clue. I moved her over, but...
...she moved back. Now it was Jonathan's turn!
Daddy and Jonathan went out to the ranch to get a load of manure for the garden. While Daddy unloaded the fertilizer, Jonathan laid on top of the truck watching. Isn't that a cute pose?!
O.K. Call me nuts (and if you knew me well, you will!) but I have been teaching a 6-7 a.m. boot camp class since March 9. All right, you, get up off the floor. I do know how to get up early, I just don't like it!! I didn't name the class, I just offered to do it. I have been leading a group cycle class for awhile now, and, last spring, a friend and I were co-teaching a class we called "Kick and Kore", incorporating some kickboxing (what I taught) and free weights and abs, what she taught. This is all at the YMCA, btw. Anyways, the class is a fun one...you never know what we're going to do until you arrive...heh, heh, heh!
So, this is what we did Wednesday, just to give you an idea of the style of class.
Indoor Boot Camp 1 This is a [Other] pattern from www.turnstep.com. (pattern 16784) Warm-up: 5 minutes 30 seconds each: power walk, jog, side shuffle right leg lead, power walk, side shuffle left leg lead, power walk, walking lunges with upper body rotation, inch worm (hand on floor, walk out to front plank, walk toes in, repeat), power walk.
Balance: * Single leg squat with reach forward x 8 each side * Single leg squat with opposite leg sweep (touch to front and circle around to back) x 8 each side
Cardio/strength circuit #1 (using 8-12 pound weights) * 1 Minute squats * 1 Minute bent over rows * 1 Minute speed skater cardio drill last 15-second increase intensity and bend knees deeper and reach low to the ground when going side to side x 2 sets
Cardio/strength circuit #2 (using 8-12 pound weights) * 2 Minutes walking lunges around room * 1 Minute shoulder press * 1 Minute side-to-side squat cardio drill. Last 15 second increase intensity and make them plyometric x 2 sets
Cardio/strength circuit #3 (using 8-12 pound weights) * 1 Minute stiff legged dead lifts * 1 Minute pushups * 1 Minute cross-country skiing cardio drill. Increase intensity last 15 second and make them split squat jumps x 2 sets
Jonathan asked for a bowl when he went outside. Hmmm. I should have given him a haircut along with that! He has Annisia's sunglasses wrapped around it...unfortunately, I have forgotten exactly what he was doing. I think he was wearing a hard hat, but didn't want to wear the real one he has for some reason. Crazy kids! He has the hiking poles attached to the motorcycle...being a skidsteer?
Do you see the drift of snow up against the deck railing? This was nice sunny day and the snow was compacting. Compare it to this pic taken approximately a week earlier. Jonathan is standing on the deck which is about 6inches off the ground...the drift was about 3 feet tall!
