Cookies and Crayons

Connie and I were bound and determined to make at least one of Dougie’s ski lessons. His last day was not only a spectacular day but we were also almost over our colds. So, the family packed up and, armed with our camera, headed to Canada Olympic Park.

After getting themselves ready, the boys hit the slopes for a few practice runs.

A little bit of pre-class stretching and they were off.

Dougie is attempting to jump straight up in the air in his skis (unsuccessfully)

They didn’t even bother with the bronze run this week and went straight to the silver. After a run or two on that, they move on to the gold run. Connie and I had to walk up to that one.

Gold run is a bit steeper

If I look cute, can we go home?

Dougie did manage to graduate. He even got full marks in a few areas! He’s done with skiing now for the year but we’ll definitely sign up again in the fall.

Next time, this:

Daddy can do that with him too.

Connie should not be able to sit up. And, under most circumstances, she can’t. However, yesterday, she did.

It’s hard to tell but she isn’t leaning on the back of the couch at all. I still haven’t worked out how she did it.

Some people express their love with flowers, or chocolates, or even a nice card. Dougie shows his love by sharing his truck sticker.

We had our appointment with a local doctor yesterday. He gave Connie a good once over and declared that she had a perfect head shape. He noted that, at this age, most kids have a flat spot but that she has no indication of that at all. He said the only way to know for sure if the sutures were closed would be to do a CAT scan. That is a lot of radiation though and we would like to avoid it if it isn’t necessary. He would like us to come back in a month so we can re-measure her head and make sure that everything continues to grow correctly. Assuming her head continues to look as nice as it does, we won’t do any testing and she won’t need surgery.

YAY!!

Our little Connie has found her thumb. Unlike Dougie, who only didn’t it occasionally, Connie can’t resist an opportunity to see how her thumb tastes.

It’s taken her a while to master the art of just the thumb

Occasionally, it’s still whatever fingers are available.

But when she gets it right…

…she really gets it right.