This last week has been like a vacation but of course it was a "stay-cation." We went skiing, to the movies (at the new theater) and slept in.
The movie theater is pretty cool. The screens are HUGE, almost too huge. They make a person completely forget the world and space around them. They seem to fill up the peripheral vision space so that when you are looking directly at the screen, watching the movie, you don't see the room around you unless you move your eyes or head. It's a little freaky. I like to be alert and aware of what's going on around me so it was a little unnerving when I noticed a span of time had elapsed where the world around had disappeared and I was completely caught up in the movie.
"What movie did we watch?" We saw Rise of the Guardians. This was a movie the Scientist wanted to watch and after researching the reviews I was all for it. I really enjoyed it. Great animation, not much peril or scariness and other than the cheesiness of the "Man in the Moon" it was very enjoyable. I would say, it's worth mentioning that my children are grounded in what is make-believe and what is real. This movie did not confuse them.
But this post is suppose to be about skiing and so here are a few of those pictures. (snow is a tricky thing to get right in pictures.)
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| Mom & The Professor |
The Architect
The Scientist
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| Professor riding up by himself. He enjoys the quiet. |
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| A brief bit of blue sky! |
The boys have ski lessons coming up in January and February. Six Thursdays in a row of getting up super early and getting to the mountain on time. I just hope we don't forget anything. This last trip up *we* ;-) forgot the poles and had to go through the huge process of filling out forms just to get poles. It has been noted that we need a checklist. Yes, I will be making one soon.
Thank you Auntie Jodie and Grammy & Wayne for our movie trip and skiing trip.
