Mason likes to climb everything in the entire house. He is very good at it, too. He climbs trees, counters, beds and everything else the mind can imagine. He figured out how to climb the door frame a while ago and I got it on tape. Whitney also was able to figure out how to do it.
December 2006
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Sun 24 Dec 2006
Thu 21 Dec 2006
Since Christmas is coming, Whitney was assigned some Christmas music for piano lessons. She has always been a good piano player, and has continued to do well out here. She has learned quite a few songs, even wanting to learn ones out of books she hasn’t been assigned.
She had to practice playing “Away in a Manger” and over the course of a week or two got it down pretty good. So here is a video of her playing that song, and another one she has memorized.
Sun 17 Dec 2006
A couple weeks ago we took a trip to Great Falls Park, which is actually part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. I was surprised there was such a neat place so close to Washington, DC. There is a river than runs through some rocky ravines and a few nice trails to walk on.
The kids had a good time just running around and climbing rocks. We climbed up the side of this cliff and then just walked along some old paths. I’ll post some pictures later, but for now here is a video of the kids doing some rock climbing.
Wed 13 Dec 2006
Just real quickly, here are some pictures of the annual Gingerbread House. This one looks a lot nicer than some of the previous years, probably because Heidi did more than I did. I’ll write more Christmas stuff later, after finals.
Thu 7 Dec 2006
As I mentioned in a earlier post about the stingrays, a while back we went to the National Zoo and spent the day there. We saw the pandas and most of the other animals that were there. Anyway, I realized I hadn’t yet put up any more pictures so here goes: (more…)
Fri 1 Dec 2006
Last April, Jerry Painter, Mike Shaw, Paul Fairbourn, and I went on a 3-day ski tour into Alaska Basin. We had heavy, wet snow with miserable trailbreaking on the first day but were rewarded with an absolutely spectacular second day. The third day was mostly about survival as we skied back down the icy slopes (with awkward packs) we had spent so much time climbing just 2 days earlier. For comparison, I’ve added photos of the same area taken at the beginning of October and mentioned in a previous post.
About 2-3 miles up the canyon.
Entering Alaska Basin
In Alaska Basin
Heading toward the divide
Our campsite with at least 10′ of snow