Here’s Dylan in his snowsuit before he suddenly decided “dots” weren’t his style!! This was taken outside of the rental home on our first day in Tahoe. While we waited for Heather and clan to return from a grocery run, we played outside and practiced snowshoeing (a necessity since the snow was so deep!!)!
He’s lookin’ good and using my poles to good effect!
He looks like a natural here. No ski lessons this year, by the way. We didn’t feel we had enough time for the kids to really get a good feel for skiing, so we nixed the idea. Maybe next year we’ll see if they are interested.
This one is just a sweet shot of Dylan in his shades.
After HAT returned from the store, we all went on a very short snow shoe hike in Sugar Pine Point State Park. The loop was not long at all, but at the end of the day, all of the kids were pretty beat! Poor Cameron didn’t really nap at all during the day and didn’t fall asleep as I’d hoped while riding in the backpack carrier so we had to abort the loop and head back not even halfway through the walk!
And, here’s Tom!
Nothing like some snacks to motivate the kidlets! And check out the lake behind them…it was far more breathtaking than the camera conveys!
The following day, we went snowshoeing near Emerald Bay. Due to uncooperative kids, Tom and I took turns: I went with the Claussen Clan to a viewpoint of Cascade Creek Falls with Cameron in the carrier. Once she started fussing, I turned back and Tom went up to the same hike. It was unsatisfyingly short, but as you can see, the view from Inspiration Point added much value to the excursion!
Tom and Assaf also managed a ski day and the big kids (Taliana and Dylan) did some sledding as well. Cameron was still having oodles of teething pain, so I missed the sledding entirely, so I’ll post pics that Tom and Heather took as soon as I get them downloaded!
