Grandma & Grandpa A's visit

Karen & Marshall came to visit last week. They arrived just in time for one of the circuits in our house to break (the one that their bedroom and bathroom are on), so Mark & Marshall spent the first 2 days of the visit rewiring all the outlets and fixtures and finally the circuit breaker.  On the bright side, we have new fixtures:). I think ours were the original 1970s ones.

Logan helping with the electrical work

We took a break from the electrical work to go to the Children's Museum.  Logan's favorite is the ball room, where balls are sucked up through various tubes into a basket hanging near the ceiling.  When it gets full,  a siren starts to go off and all the balls fall.  No matter where we were in the museum, Logan would try to race back to that ball room every time we heard the siren to see the balls fall.

Sliding down the fireman's pole at the Children's Museum

Arts & crafts at Children's Museum

Bubbles at Children's Museum

We spent the rest of the week out in the wintry weather, ice skating at the lake and skiing/snowshoeing to a backcountry cabin. It was a snowy week, but we got a break in the weather just in time to ski into the cabin and enjoy all the cross-country ski trails around the cabin. I managed to make it in and out with out faceplanting Amelie in the snow, so I think it was a success. Cross- country skis are made to be pretty much uncontrollable as far as I can tell, so if there is the slightest incline or turn in the trail, it is pretty exciting.

Ice skating at the lake

Amelie is pretty happy bundled up in the stroller on the ice

Hockey at the lake

Crew getting ready to ski into the Point Breeze cabin

Logan & Mark on the ski in

Me & Amelie skiing in

We made it!  0.8 miles, perfect distance :)

Dinner at the hut

Grandparents & grandkids back at home

Thanks for coming to visit Karen & Marshall, and for all the help with wiring, dinners, laundry, and playtime. Looking forward to seeing you in June!