Bye Bye RI

The girls and I had a great week in RI. We got to see all of our family which was fun. The girls really loved staying with grandma and grandpa. We did a lot of shopping which grew old for the girls so then we just had a day of doing nothing. The girls enjoyed staying in their pajamas all day. It was nice to see the girls playing with their cousins too. They had so much fun playing together that the girls were sad everytime we had to leave them. It was nice to be back in RI and see all things familiar. I also got in a couple runs which is something I never thought I would do. I used to think running was crazy nevermind running while on vacation! IT was nie to get out and run though. It made me aware of the difference between running in Prague and running in RI. As I ran, every car that passed me would give me the quick wave. I like this and it made me happy. It makes you feel part of the local community. This would NEVER happen in Prague. It doesn't bother me that it doesn't happen in Prague but it was nice to have it in RI. Also as I was running there was a guy riding his bike that slowed down to have a quick chat! It was definitely a different experience to run in RI.

We left RI on Friday morning and headed to NH to meet up with a friend and to stop at the kids pediatrician since Ali had had a fever for a few days and I suspected an ear infections. We drove up to NH in the snow and came close to being in two car accidents but luckily my mom is good at driving in the snow and we didn't actually get into any accidents. I'm glad we went to the pediatrician though b/c Ali had ear infections in both ears. It also gave me the chance to ask our pediatrician what his thoughts were on having Sofia's adenoids out. I feel more comofrtable with making the appointment now then I did before so we will call our pediatrician in Prague once we are back.

Anyway, Jason met us in NH and we transfered everything from my mom's car to our car and headed up to Maine. We stayed at my brother's condo up at Sunday River on Friday night and skied on Saturday. It was great to be back on the slopes. I was a little shakey at first but once we headed into the glades it all came back....something about not wanting to hit a tree makes the legs work properly! Hahaha. We had a great day of skiing and the snow conditions were excellent. It was a bit windy and at one point, while on top of the mountain, the wind actually blew me backwards but other than that it was the perfect day. I think we will get in one more day of skiing while we are here. I had hoped to squeeze in 3 days of skiing but we just don't have the time.

After renting skis for the girls to start skiing on we headed to Jason's parent's house. We are here for the remainder of our time in the States. The yard is covered in snow (which comes up to about the middle of the livingroom windows!) so we have already gotten the kids on skis and pulled them down the driveway. They both seem to like it but of course grew bored of it so we switched to snowshoeing and sledding. We will get them back out there today for a little more skiing, snowshoeing and sledding. Jason and I have already hit the outlets and had good luck. Now I just have to go to the grocery store and stock up on all my food supplies. I'll have those two extra duffle bags full very soon!