Notice anyone missing from the family photo???
Poor Kyle was up all night with a stomach bug – a mere 8 hours after arriving home. The combo of jet lag and a compromised immune system from all his travel plus some random stomach thing just put his body over the edge. He was a sweaty, shaking, nauseated mess the next morning. We were supposed to hit the road early to avoid traffic and bad weather, but Kyle was iffy on whether he’d be able to go. So in the meantime, I fed the kids and my sister went and filled up the car with gas and got breakfast. We set off around 9, but in hindsight, we should have just left Kyle at home and scrapped the first sledding part of the day with the kids. He thought he was feeling better, but he was not. He tried to sleep and not throw up the whole time I drove and played with the kids. While he napped in the car, Laura and Chris and I took the kids to build snowmen and such.
Weeeeee!
They were really having a blast, but Kyle was in bad shape so we didn’t stay too long before getting their lunches from the car and feeding them.
I had packed them SB+J sandos plus cutie tangerines, pistachios, and apples slices.
P was bummed to not get to stay longer which I felt bad about, but I’m just happy they both had a good first experience in the snow. No tears, no freezing, just fun, leaving them wanting more.
I would have gone back with Kyle, but I had already purchased a lift ticket in advance. My sister knows me so well. She made me buy the ticket earlier in the week because she knew that’s the only way I would be forced to do something for myself. Kyle had agreed to take the kids back after a half day and let me ski for the rest of the day with my sister because I needed major me time after a long stretch of solo parenting without any relief. So, even though Kyle was still pretty ill, he took the kids back and I stayed to ski.
It was SOOOOOO fun.
We got lunch before we hit the slopes.
So healthy.
Tahoe Donner is a pretty affordable place to ski, especially if you get tickets on liftopia in advance like we did. It’s supposed to have a kid area, but it’s not on the same property, so that was pretty lame. The kids didn’t care enough this time, but in the future, I’d go to Soda Springs for the tubing and sledding stuff. We didn’t have the energy to get back in the car and go somewhere else after getting all our gear on. For skiing, it’s good for the price. They have a limited number of runs, and they aren’t too long. But there were no lines to get on the chairs, and the runs were variable enough. We didn’t do any diamonds because we aren’t professionals (I haven’t skied since I lived in NYC!) but it was pretty amazing how fast it comes back to you. I really had a blast. I can’t wait to do more frequent and longer trips – maybe renting a cabin with family and/or friends. In the end, I knew Kyle needed me home sooner rather than later…plus there was a storm coming that evening.
After we got home, Kyle went to bed, and I fed the kids while Laura and Chris went to get us dinner.
Guadalajara never disappoints. Except they forgot my tortillas!!! So that was a bummer. I used chips, though so it was fine.
We were going to go in the hot tub that night but then it started raining! Didn’t see that coming!
So instead we watched SNL (Kyle slept straight through til the morning). 🙁
Crepeville for breakie! I worked out first thing, and by 7:45 am everyone was ready to head downtown. Kyle was feeling decent after a full night’s sleep and zero food, so he joined us, too.
It was a dreary morning and not many people were downtown, but it meant getting a table and ordering were a breeze.
I got the gluten free scone because their muffins weren’t going to be done for another hour or so. It was pretty good, although I do think the Pushkin’s baked goods might be better.
Kyle, V and I all shared the midtown Benedict as well.
It’s hard to NOT order this, and since I wanted a little something savory in addition to my scone, it was an easy sell for Kyle. He had already eaten a bowl of cereal earlier to test his stomach out, so he wasn’t hungry or willing to push it. He had a few bites, V had a lot of bites, and I had a medium number of bites. Like the three bears all mixed up. I also brought apples slices and muffins for the kiddos, though.
Laura and Chris left after breakfast and I got straight to work on house chores. Vacuuming and cleaning and such. I was pooped, but the feeling of a clean house is worth it.
I made smoothies for Kyle and the babes for lunch. With three whole oranges, one banana, almond milk, hemp seeds, probiotics, soaked goji berries, and home-made nectarine chia jam.
Basically an antioxidant and vitamin C packed, gut healing tonic.
My lunch was the predictable kale situation. Miso dressing, avocado, macadamia nuts, and heaps of carrots.
Miss thang looking all sweet.
We hit up Costco that afternoon because it was raining and we were all exhausted. Nobody felt like doing the shopping, but that’s life.
In my completely lazy state, I bought pork buns, which I paired with sesame tamari green beans.
Per usual, the prepared food wasn’t met with much enthusiasm. I both love that and lament that. I thought they were pretty good – nice and sweet breading on the outside. The ratio of meat to bun was good too. But they each had one and were done. They asked for seconds and thirds of veggies though. So that says all you need to know about their food preferences. If P outgrows his food allergies it may be too late…they may have already been “ruined” by home cooking.
After dinner Kyle went to bed and I went to a girlfriend’s house for a birthday celebration. I had champagne and cake and girlfriend time and it was exactly what I needed. I am so lucky to have such great friends in Davis. It was a night of fun and laughter and I didn’t get home until way too late, but it was so fun and worth it.
