Actually, this would be more accurately: What WE did on OUR winter vacation. Because I was never alone, not even for 5 minutes... and as I'm the family photographer, there are never any pictures of ME... so herewith are some highlights:
The day after Christmas, we drove up to our in-laws' house in the Berkshires for a few days, where we go every summer and some winters, too. There was absolutely NO snow - except on the slopes where they make it, of course.
Thanks to Ethan's Aunt (my sister-in-law) we got some free package passes to Butternut that include EVERYTHING: equipment rental, day lift ticket and a group lesson. The helmet is extra, but I think my son's brains were worth $12 a day, so we sprang for that.
It was awesome, because Ethan really wanted to learn how to ski and neither Dan nor I do, ourselves.
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| Skiing! |
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| First day, Ethan was in a group of 1, so he got a free private lesson - WIN! |
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| By the 2nd day he was riding the lift |
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| Skiing! |
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| A friend of mine says, if you're not falling you're not learning. Ethan did a lot of learning. |
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| What Jake did while Ethan skied. |
Tuesday the 27th was the last night of Hanukkah. We light the menorah for the last time this year. You can tell this is at my in-laws' house and not our apartment because it is so nice and new and clutter-free.
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| Waiting for presents. |
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| All 8 candles |
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| "... and while we are playing, the candles are burning low..." |
And, as ever, the views from their windswept hill were stunning, especially at sunset.
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| End of day sky in Great Barrington |
Back in the city, Ethan had a playdate and I had fun shooting the pretty, late afternoon, wintery, city skies with my new favorite toy: instagram.
On January 2nd, the last day of break, we took a jaunt with friends over to the Liberty Science Center, just across the Hudson river, in New Jersey. It's a great hands-on, interactive science museum, and while Jake and I have been there recently, it's been a while for Ethan.
It is so interesting to see how much more the kids are getting into the actual science learning of the exhibits, now that they are older; how they can read the displays themselves, follow the directions, really do investigating and exploring.
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| Who doesn't love messages and hidden meanings? |
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| Ethan and a friend coloring pixels |
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| (doo doo deeeee doo) Science! |
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| Spaceship or telecommunications teaching module? |
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| Jake LOVED to play with & manipulate his own image. |
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| Some of the signage in the communication exhibit made me sad. |
And then it was home, early to bed, school the next morning, How was your vacation?
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