Mateo Skis Again

Mateo enjoyed skiing so much in Vermont that we decided to take him again to Mountain Creek. It doesn't have as many trails, but it is closer and Auntie Audris hooked him up with a free private lesson because she is a ski patrol on the mountain. We left Lucia with Aba and Abu and headed off to Vernon, NJ.

Papi helped Mateo get into his red ski boots

"I am ready to go!"

"Like my skiis?"

Mateo is anxiously waiting for his instructor Chuck

90 minutes into his lesson, Mommy and Papi snuck to the base of the mountain to check on his lesson. Here he is at the top of the magic carpet.

Here he is traversing down the mountain with instructor Chuck (on the right)

Mateo skiis solo

According to Chuck he is comfortable with speed and with turns, but needs to work on stopping...

Lucia Busts a Move

Today was a Kidville day for Lucia and when I saw the pictures and video below I realized how much she has grown in the past few months. She's a happy girl with lots of energy who loves to dance and those are some of the many reasons we love her.

Miss Lucia looking cute in her pig tails

Apparently she also digs what she sees in her reflection

The kids wait for the unveiling of the box...one of her favorite parts of class

Now for the other favorite part...the part where the live band comes and she can shake her little booty

Lucia busts a move

Lucia's Play Group

For the past few weeks Lucia has had a scheduled playgroup with 3 other kids her age. The playgroup rotates among the four families and allows the kids to do different activities at each others homes. Today playgroup was at our house.

Alma, of course, is part of the playgroup

Meet Ariel, who is also part of the playgroup. Owen (the 4th member) couldn't make it. As a side note: both Ariel and Owen's nannies are named Tashi. I had never met anyone with that name and now there are two.

M&L Go Spinning

While Mateo had strep throat, we did not let Lucia get too close because it was highly contagious. She was very upset that she didn't get to play with him. Now that Mateo is feeling better, he can finally play with her.

So they spent the whole evening dancing and spinning

Mateo is All Strepped Out

This morning Mateo woke up complaining his throat was "spicy" which to him means tingly or it hurts. After a while the spice was so unbearable he didn't want to eat, drink or swallow his own saliva...uh oh. I thought this was not good, so instead of going to soccer (well he did go for a little while) Papi took him to the doctor's office where we found out he had strep throat.

Cute Miss Lucia was worried about her big bro

And stayed beside him during his time of misery

He did try to keep up a brave face

M&L - Spoiler Alert

Today Navita was off, so Aba stepped in to help take care of the kiddies. Of course Mateo and Lucia were happy to spend the day with Aba. And of course she does what all grandparents do...spoil her grandchildren.

Mateo opens one of his many presents from Aba - these included a new rolling Buzz Lightyear backpack and the villains from Toy Story 3

Miss Lucia also scored some gifts - she got a Princess plate and her very own Tangled Princess placemat

M&L Play date with Lucas and Alma

No big news today. Just another friendly play date with Mateo, Lucia, Lucas and Alma.

Lucia welcomes Alma

Later, the boys did a little drawing

And so did the girls