We kept the ladies pretty entertained over the nearly two-week Christmas vacation.
It started on the 24th with the girls baking some awesome holiday cookies all by themselves at home. Usually Lisa guides them through the process, but this year they were able to do everything on their own. Pretty cool. Bravo to Stella.
On Christmas Day we drove up to Salem to spend the day at Karen and Glenn's house. Nana and Papa joined us. As usual, Glenn's meal was delicious. And the girls made out like bandits with presents.
The next 2 days were spent relaxing in Natick. Nana and Papa took the kids to see the Enchanted Village at Jordan's Furniture. And Stella and I worked on her "westward expansion" school project which was quite an undertaking.
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| Red Lion Inn |
On Sunday we headed to visit Nana Audrey in Albany with a stop for a delicious lunch at the
Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge. Monday began the girls' triathlon of adventure with a few hours of rollerskating at the
world's largest indoor roller skating rink.
Tuesday was part 2 of the triathlon with a trip to
Maple Ski Ridge (notice that they don't mention "mountain" anywhere). Last year they took a 1-hour lesson at Maple Ridge but were not interested in skiing after the lesson. This year they stayed on the slope all afternoon after the lesson. By the end of the day they were both pretty awesome skiers.
Wednesday they got haircuts in anticipation of their big New Years night out at Lisa's friend Amy's house. We watched Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve (minus Dick), but little Marni started to fade. She took a short nap between 10:15 and 10:45 and was woken up in time for the ball to drop. Their first New Years Eve party!
On New Years Day we drove down to Bear Mountain Ice Rink to join the Asanovics and Stefanoff/Imhoff families for our annual get together. Both girls did their best to ice skate with help from Stefanoff and Hill. This was the final leg of their winter triathlon. After skating we ate and hung out at
The Stadium Bar and Restaurant. Pretty cool place.
The remainder of vacation included a Midget Model reunion, a visit from the New Jersey Hoffmans, and a trip to the movie theater to see Night at the Museum 3.
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| The beginning of Stella's project |
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| The end of Stella's project. Look at that proud smile! |
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| Chillin with the hound at Karen and Glenn's |
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| Standing in front of Karen and Glenn's tree |
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| Red Lion Inn |
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| Roller babes |
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| Ski bunnies |
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| Marni doesn't like the roller rink rules |
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| Marni's kooky ski pal, Lisa Asanovic |
