Sunday, February 28, 2010

Sledding!

It hasn't been a great snow year in the Pacific Northwest, but Mom and Dad finally got in gear and headed on up to Snoqualmie Pass for some snow fun. A year certainly makes a difference, and while Cara wasn't at all sure about snow and sledding last year, this year she had no doubts. All aspects of snow were delightful!



Mom's a member of an alpine club that has a cabin at Snoqualmie Pass, with a small sledding hill. This year we were lucky enough to run into some other families who were also up for a day a sledding. Cara had a great time watching the bigger kids, and sometime trying to follow along.




Having fun.



Mom tries out the camera.



Being towed back up.



Catching air!



Enough sledding, this snow is fun to play peek-a-boo in. Not to mention tromping around, falling down, rolling in, building snow sculptures and knocking them down! Now that's a busy day.



The bigger kids had fun too - here's a sled train.



And here's the train wreck at the bottom!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Too good to miss from 2009

There are always a few extra photos that don't quite make it into another post but deserve to be shared. Here are a few extra highlights from 2009.



When it comes to phones, Cara doesn't seem so far away from being a teenager. She loves talking to friends and family on the phone.



Cara also enjoys all aspects of Mom's iPhone. Of course this will be passe by the time she's a teenager.



We didn't get out for quite as many hikes this year, but did make it out for some of the favorite hiking activities. To Cara's great delight, we visited Rattlesnake Lake when the blackberries were ripe.



Big leaves at Cougar Mountain are always a favorite in the fall.



A new passion for Cara this year has been helping out cooking in the kitchen. She now has her own knife, whisk and wooden spoon, but of course she is more than happy to use the grown-up utensils as well, when Mom and Dad let her (no knives of course!)



The last stage of licking the spoon is often the best part of cooking.

Boxing Day

Boxing Day isn't usually a holiday we pay much attention to, but this year it turned into a special day due to a pleasant coincidence of calendar and weather. With Christmas on a Friday, that meant the Saturday University Farmer's Market was open the next day, plus we had an unexpected spell of dry, sunny weather. So Cara, Mom and Dad set off for a fun morning at the Farmer's Market with a stop at one of our favorite parks on the way home.



Sunny glasses in December - that's something different in Seattle!



Cara loves music.



Yummy carrot!



Whee, down the slide she goes!



Our girl is all tired out. What a morning!