{"id":7415,"date":"2012-04-03T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2012-04-04T19:45:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:45:57","slug":"aspen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=7415","title":{"rendered":"Aspen!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry took his first airplane ride this week, out for some skiing in Aspen. Henry was a champ on the flight, and slept almost the whole way. Eleanor stayed awake for most of the flight, but was happy and had fun playing with Uncle B. The only part that she didn’t love was takeoff – where her eyes got very wide, and she clutched Monkey close to her chest. \u00a0 In addition to his first plane ride, Henry also had his first gondola ride, and met Aunt Jane and Cousin Adam for the first time. He is also showing increased interest in his hands and feet. He has grabbed a toy a number of times with his hands, and he loves to watch his feet wiggle and kick.\u00a0 I keep trying to get a giggle out of him, but so far no luck.\u00a0 He does love to give lots of smiles, and even gave some to Uncle B \u2013 I think about 12 months ahead of when he managed to coax one out of Eleanor :)<\/p>\n

Eleanor took her first ski lesson while we were there, which consisted mostly of being pulled or pushed along a non-slope while wearing skis.\u00a0 On her first trip up the magic carpet with the teacher, Amy and I could hear the cries of “Mama, Mama” all the way up, and then all the way back down.\u00a0 The next two “runs” went a little better \u2013 and that night she told me that she wanted to do it again, although I\u2019m not sure she fully understood the question.\u00a0 Next year she should be ready to make some turns!\u00a0 Eleanor loved the fact that there are dogs everywhere in Aspen, and had a great time playing with Adam\u2019s two pups as well as an off-duty avalanche rescue dog.\u00a0 It was also the first time that Eleanor kept sunglasses on her head for more than a few seconds.\u00a0 Apparently the bright mountain sun is all that it took.<\/p>\n

Neither of the kiddos slept very well \u2013 most naps for Henry consisted of crying, and for Eleanor taking off her sleep sack and then crying.\u00a0 Hopefully this was good training and next vacation they will give Mom and Dad some more sleep.<\/p>\n

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