Snow Bunny

It's been snowing all week!  We've been waking to 5-9" almost everyday.  Got some final days of riding in at Breckenridge this week.  Today was closing day for the rest of the big resorts.  Not to worry, Abasin will stay open through May.

Last Sat, we got a babysitter for Casey, then headed to Vail with Kathy, Sean, Sarah and Brian to see the band Train, for free!  Casey had a blast with the new babysitter and we had a blast without the kids:) Then, last Sunday, Stan took Casey to Copper for another free concert, a Guns and Roses tribute band, Appetite for Destruction.  The end of the season festivities.

My friend Chrissy and her husband Andrew came into town this past Friday.  We wandered around Breckenridge yesterday while the snow came down hard.  They celebrated Easter with us this morning, then headed for a road trip, but will be back later in the week.

The Easter bunny was good to Casey.  So were here Grandparents!!  Thursday, Casey dyed eggs.  Sat night the Easter bunnies hid them and Easter morning Casey was able to find all 12 without too much help.  She was very excited about the hunt and her Easter baskets.

We then met Dillon and Connor in Frisco for another Easter egg hunt.  Then after naps, we headed to Copper for a free concert, Reel Big Fish. They were very entertaining and Casey had a blast dancing on our shoulders.  It snowed the whole time!


Though the snow is still coming down, the temps are rising, so the snow melts quickly, which makes it a bit muddy out here...mudseason.
Casey is getting better at potty training.  She still has several accidents during the week, but not every day.  More like every other day or sometimes every few days.  And sometimes it's just a little accident on the way to the potty.  She even told us a couple times that she had to go potty.  We're getting there slowly.  She still wears a pull up at nap and bedtime.  We're just trying to get the daytime training done.  Hopefully by her 3rd birthday we can say she's potty trained??  Doesn't hurt to dream.


Casey wants to wish her Grandpa Tom a very Happy Belated Birthday!!  And Everyone a Happy Easter!

Enjoy pix...videos will come later...

dying easter eggs

daddy riding his new bike, casey riding her strider

us with chrissy and andrew

dillon and casey at the frisco easter egg hunt

Potty Trained? Not Yet.

I definitely jinxed myself a few weeks ago, when I said Casey was potty trained. After getting back from vacation, Casey regressed a bit, which is supposedly normal, but it has been a bit frustrating. For a few days it seemed like she was peeing her pants just because she could. We would have just gone to the potty and then she would look at us and say, "I just peed." This happened at least once a day for a week and after she pooped her pants on Friday while we were out to dinner, we were DONE. SO...we had to go back to the basics. We check her undies every 20-30 minutes or so to see if she is dry. If she is, she gets a treat. If she stays dry/clean all day, she gets a toy from her potty toy bag. We also make her go to the potty, instead of asking if she has to go, because the answer to that question is always, "No." So far it's been going well.

Tonight, we had Casey's parent teacher conference. Her teacher Jess had only good things to say about her. She is sweet and sassy, she is a "genius" and a sponge, loves to read books, play with the kitchen and dolls, LOVES any art project and can already use kid scissors very well. She doesn't let the boys push her around at all, which does not surprise me. She moves up from the Bumblebee room to the Panda room next month, since she turns 3 on May 1st.

Casey has been painting lately. She always says who the painting is going to be for. And she always wants to paint one for everyone in the family. She can usually only make it to about 4 paintings before she starts making a mess.

We have been playing the game Memory lately. If we use a third of the cards, she can make it through a couple games and she's pretty good.

She has started putting her hand on her hip when she is explaining something to us or talking on her phone. And she starts her sentences with, "So...maybe we should read a book." "So...can I have my goldfish please?"  I've been told that comes from me.

She wants to help with EVERYTHING. She can put her pull up, undies and pants on. She can take her shoes and jacket off by herself (when she wants to). We've been working on her defiant attitude and she seems to be doing much better.

We took her skiing with our friends at Beaver Creek a couple weekends ago. It wasn't as steep a hill, so she could go down all by herself. Unfortunately, we forgot the camera, but we have a video from a few weekends ago at Abasin.

We've had snow the past couple of weeks, so a couple powder days!!  Stan and I got to go Cat Skiing today on Freemont Pass for free! A guy Stan plays basketball owns 1000 acres and a snowcat. It snowed yesterday, so we got about 7 untracked powder runs on a blue sky day! Rough life.

Casey wants to wish Frisco a Happy Birthday. She turned 11 yesterday...old lady!

teaching Dillon & Connor the piano

coloring

cat skiing

stan and sean with the cat

this is just one of our runs