Snow days

Isaac and I went to my parents' house in NH this weekend and had snowy fun (although there was only a little fun involving snow on Isaac's part). Jenn and Maya also made the trip and publicly announced the exciting news of Jenn's pregnancy to the world with the "pregnant" snow-woman in the middle of the the snow-family in the album below. My friend Mareshia and her twin girls also made the trip from MA. Mareshia had never been cross-country skiing before so we suited her up with my dad's skis--complete with his gaiters to help keep her dry--and the two of us headed out behind the house toward the trails. It was a perfect skiing day: not too cold, the snow was soft and not-icy and the snow mobile marks were a kind of trail-grooming. She did great and I really loved being in the woods where I've hiked and skied many times before but rarely with a non-family member. It was a real treat.

We ended up staying last night too so that we could celebrate Nicole's son Cole's birthday. Danielle + family made the trip too so our impromptu celebration ended up being very well attended. Everything was going great until the end of the visit. Suddenly I heard a cry from downstairs and I knew it was Isaac's voice. Zev carried him to me and said he wasn't sure what happened, but he was pretty sure no one hit him. I tried comforting him and asking what was wrong. Then Isaac opened his mouth and a dribble of blood came out. Ahh! I went to the bathroom to get a cloth and to have better light. It turns out that Isaac split his lip on his teeth when he fell on a toy. It's a good thing that Danielle and Zev are medical professionals and delicately helped me know that it was indeed a bad cut, but clotted quickly and didn't need stitches. Danielle had a non-anxiety provoking technique: she had Isaac make "apples" on her white paper towel (and on my white tee shirt). Isaac knew he was bleeding, but he wasn't freaking out. By the time we got home (three Popsicles later), he was in much better shape.

Once we got home, Isaac was VERY excited to see Josh. They read a million books and Isaac spent way more time than usual playing with his toys. It's fun going away, but sometimes more fun coming home.