Yeah, Snow !!

Jan 24-29 2008, Little bear's first snow encounter and mommy's first ski trip in 2 years.

• Jan 24 3pm. last minute shopping with poor little bear falling asleep in my arm. got a little truck toy for Ethan and sunblock for mom and dad. 3:30 pm, Alex couldn't fit both of our gears with the car seat in the middle, so maggie offered to stop by and help.4:00 pm Lian's house , heading to airport.4:20pm Lian dropped us off at the terminal. a hour before the flight time. Little bear is sleeping again. 5pm, finally through the security, the airplane was packed with skiiers ;-) 20 mins later we were on our way to Jackson WY !!!7:30ish local time, we were welcomed by cold wind and snow flakes. no connecting tunnles between airplane and the terminal building at the jacksonhole airport. Xiaoxiong was greeted by everybody. Nina, xiaoxiong's new favorite girl, they couldn't keep their eyes off each other ;-)checked into snowking resort. nice room, ordered pizza for dinner cause all resteraunts were closed.
• Jan 25, we didn't sleep well because of the supper dry air in the hotel room. I ended up sleeping with a damp towel over my head on the pillow. OK breakfast in the hotel. free shuttle ($3 w/o package) to tetone villege. Daycare is a 10 min uphill walk from the bus stop. 2nd floor of the kids ranch building. pretty good size for the 6-8 children were there (6mon-2 years) 3-4 teachers. lots of toys, naps in crib (I didn't see the nap room) cubbies at the entrance for everykids, report card at the end of the day. LB was not shy, he got up and crawled to the toys after 2 mins abserving. great snow, fresh powder all day. but I was totally not as fit as i used to be. went to look for LB at lunch break but he was at nap. finished up around 3:45pm, daycare closed at 4pm. longwalk to the bar which we were rejected because LB was under 21 (of course) got a table in the resteraunt had a few drinks, got back to the hotel and then moved into the condo (which we were supposed to the stay the first night) it was a long day.
• Jan 26, LB slept a little better, still woke up every 1-2 hours. went to get breakfast and hop on bus, daycare, skiied a little better, group dinner, I stayed in condo with LB
• Jan 27, good night sleep, sunny in the morning, beatiful moutains. skiied with Peter and Kathy to the tip top. finished early to get LB for a gandola ride. storm came in later in the day.