Tahoe Roundup

We started our second morning off with breakfast by the fire, Cameron comfy enough to stay in their jammies.

As soon as breakfast was over we dressed and hit the slopes for some sledding and snow ball fights.

Daddy joined us a little later in the morning and they got started building Olaf!  I'd say they did a pretty good job.  It happen to be at the top of the ski lift drop off and I could hear kids saying "look, it's Olaf!" as they were getting off the chair lift.

Olaf was missing a nose so I ran into the restaurant to see if we could have a carrot...they happily obliged and when I came back out they were working on an even bigger Olaf.  I scrounged around for arms and hair while they put the finishing touches on him...Ta-da!

We headed in for lunch which turned into a good two hours of game time.  The front desk has lots of games and we made a good dent in their selection.  We started with Battleship then CandyLand, a puzzle and wrapped up with Scrabble.  It was our first Scrabble game because the kids are just learning how to read and spell but that really different than taking a bunch of random letters and making a word.  As you can see from below, we had very short words and kinda had to modify the rules.  But it was fun to see them really using their brain power.

We're never ones to miss 4 o'clock s'mores!

The weather had been calling for snow all day, we kept looking at the snow coming on our phones weather apps and in the sky but it just didn't seem to make it over the mountain.  We could literally see the snow storm in the distant but nothing fell over our mountain...so frustrating!

We loaded up in the gondola to head down to the Village to go ice skating...um, roller skating.  Turns out they had a heat wave two week earlier that melted the ice rink so it was roller skating now.

As soon as I put my skates on I felt like I had been transported back to 1983, 12 years old, roller skating to Thriller!  Wow, flashback city.  Cameron, like her mom, took to it like a fish in water.  She has been practicing on her skates she got for her birthday but these were real roller skates that go real fast.  She hung in there and got the hang of it.  Timo, on the other hand, gave it his best shot but decided he like running in his sneakers better.  And, as we had been waiting all day, it started snowing!

We went out for some warm udon soup and sushi for dinner before heading back up the mountain.

Snowman building, gaming, rollerskating and eating our way through the day make for some very tired, sleep kids!  I think they fell asleep as soon as they layed down because they aren't in their usual sleeping positions and I didn't hear a peep after "good night!"

Daddy was in charge of the kiddos on our last morning so Mommy could have some time in the spa's steam room and relaxation room.  Guessing learning how to take pictures with Daddy's phone was on the agenda. I love that Cameron like to have breakfast in her jammies.

They were taking one last dip in the pool when I finished up.  Timo was starting to get a bad cold so I didn't want him in the pool...we compromised with sticking his feet in the hot tub but not getting his hair wet.  He such a good spot, laying out seemed to be enough fun for him (you could tell he was starting to feel sick). But all good things must end, as did our time swimming, and it was time to pack up and go home.  We had one very upset camper...can you tell who?

A quick video game in the new game room on our way out to finish off our vacation. We're already counting the days until we can go back!  It was so nice to get out of the city for a few days and breath some fresh mountain air...