First Day Away

Well we did it, took the big plunge, left all 3 kids with somebody for the day and went skiing. It was glorious! My brother, his wife and 2 kids looked after Brendan and the twins on Saturday while we went to Camp Fortune to use gift certificates they had given us. Everybody survived nicely, and John even managed to look after both twins alone for the afternoon. He's making it look like it's not that hard; I guess the cat's out of the bag now! It was a lovely weekend in the snow, and whetted our appetite to try arranging another trip out downhill skiing this winter... fingers crossed! Twins still haven't rolled over, but Heidi has been working on a different task this week. On the weekend she suddenly found a new octave! A really, really high one. It's hard to tell that she's not crying, except to look at her, because then you see that she smiles with glee after each emphatic squeal. It's like living with a pterodactyl. A really happy pterodactyl. Brendan does not have Kindergarten this Friday so we're off to the cottage tomorrow morning for a long weekend. We'll be packing double layers of fleece for all the babies to keep them warm, and hoping for enough snow to look pretty but not so much that can't smash through and drive our 4 wheel drive truck in close to the cottage. Fingers crossed!