Alpine Meadows, Tahoe

Ryker finally got a chance to try out his new skis on snow! It had been pouring in SF (which means SNOW in Tahoe). They got something like 4 ft of the stuff last week. Ryker and I were recovering from colds so not in the best of shape, but nothing was going to stop us. The ability to ski in Tahoe is one of the reasons I moved to SF afterall. We hired a babysitter for our two days who was great with Ryker and while expensive, great for us to hit the slopes. Andrew snowboards and I ski, but neither of us had been for 5 years so we were a little rusty. There were no injuries and it was lots of fun. We put the skis on Ryker and pulled him around a bit. He's not quite ready to stand on his own. Perhaps Sandy will join us in Taos next month and succeed in teaching him?

PS I'm the one in the green jacket. Andrew is the other person pulling him along.

Skiing

Ryker got skis for Christmas from Santa Claus. Tahoe is being hit by a very heavy snowstorm over the next few days (we don't think we could get over the Donner Pass), so we're making plans to go this coming weekend instead. We managed to find all of our gear: boots, snowboard, skis, helmets, gloves, long underwear, jackets, pants. It is a lot of stuff! Ryker tried on his boots and skis and did NOT want to take them off. We're ready Tahoe!

Aquarium by the Bay

We have a membership since Ryker LOVES fish. Yesterday we went with some friends. Ryker loved petting the starfish and rays. He couldn't get close enough to the sharks, but I got him a little shark toy to attack everyone with...