Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. At Chez Barn, we had a leisurely sleep-in until 4:30 am. Oscar was kind this year in laying in bed for half hour before rousing us. We actually heard Clarke bargaining/begging him "Hey buddy, Merry Christmas, why don't you crawl in bed with me and we will wake up in another hour..." Wildly funny but Oscar was not to be deterred. Luckily, as organized parents, we had gotten to bed quite early on Christmas Eve, because there wasn't anything last minute that needed attending.... HA

I started the intravenous caffeine drip and gave the boys two options: lay around all day and watch movies, maybe play in the snow in the yard, and then have a huge feast or get up and out to the mountain for a day of skiing and a simple dinner. They chose the skiing and off we went.

The mood on the mountain was so festive and fun and we met some really nice folk, including a real life rocket scientist! Oscar skied with poles for the first time (Santa thought he was ready) and Clarke had new goggles for his ginormous teenage head.

The fun and frivolity is about to go into overdrive as grandpa and Oscar's friend Tess arrives today and the Bower family will be here tomorrow. I think we will have to go off the record for those days...