Yet again, I'm late...

Yes folks, I'm late for posting. Worse yet, this isn't a full blog post this time. So much has happened that I'm going to be the dog forever chasing his tail if I try to go all the way back. Let me explain...

No, that would take too long, I'll sum up.

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We've got two kids with bad sleep patterns. Marcus is a teething fiend. We're talking molars left and right, eye teeth unsure if they want to come in, and the sorest gums this side of the Mississippi. These days we expect a long wake up from our little man and his teeth. No fun.

Alya is fighting bedtime a bit more these days. Sometimes she actually sleeps in our bed for a little while and then we move her into her room. Honestly, it's a little fun, but it's not a good thing.

But for big fun, they both now have an indoor slide! Sasha's Aunt Jan found this slide in her house and passed it along to us. We're pretty certain that this is the same slide Sasha used as a child. Both Alya and Marcus love it. Alya likes to slide down and jump with both feet. Marcus likes to climb up, but is real hesitant to slide down. Both are very cute with it.

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Meanwhile, the adults got to slide a little this past Saturday. Yep, Sasha went skiing and I went snowboarding over at Wilmot. Temperatures in the single digits meant we had to bundle way up. Snow pants, thermal long johns, combination hat and scarf caps, new wicking socks. Lots of stuff to keep us warm. And it was a good thing because we got out there well after sunset and that wind was something fierce.

Sasha was fierce* on the hills, too. She tore up the hardest slope there like no body's business. She's been skiing for quite a long time now, so it's not surprising, but a lot of fun to watch.

(*Yes, that is a Beyonce reference.)

On the other hand, I was snowboarding for the first time. And now it hurts when I laugh. No, not from falling, but from trying to maintain my balance. Attempting to prevent a tumble is priority one in this cat's book.

Not that I didn't fall. I fell a lot. Nearly ten times just trying to take the tow rope up the Turtle hill. Truth be told, I was best on the "lump" and that was all of 20 meters long.

The odd thing being, I'm much more comfortable snowboarding than skiing. Skiing combines the fear of falling with the fear of doing unintentional splits. Snowboarding is the fear of falling with looking like a fool as the 10 year old kid zips by you. I'll take fool over splits any day of the week.

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Other items - the kids are back in swimming lessons again. Both are happy to play in the water. Alya more so than Marcus, but he does come around eventually. The best part was that the pool was 92 degrees this past Saturday. Swimming in the largest bathtub in Milwaukee - very nice.

We went to the Admirals game this past Friday. Horrible game, but lots of fun to hang out with some of Sasha's family. We had the fish fry at Turner Hall before the game - delicious! If only they didn't have cinnamon in their apple sauce for the potato pancakes.

That's all for now, but I hope to get another post up sooner than latter.

Be seeing you,

Jon