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If ever there was a "scene" in the cross-country world, this is the place. From the outfits to the Subaru wagons in the filled, endless parking lot, who knew outdoorsy types got it on like this. We met our Aunt Kathi and her boys Ari and Nate for a little morning stroll around the loop. Our boys are in love with their middle school cousins, so as soon as we hit the snow, Sydney was off in a mad dash with Ari. They had been out of pulk sleds since they opened early at 8:30AM, so today was the day for Liji's first xcountry ski adventure.
Liji is a talker. Last night as his brother slept next to him, he spent the entire late night ride from Westwood, recapping the movie Ponyo we had just seen with our other cousins Skylar, Lexi, Roni and Jadon. Today, was no exception. He was so excited to get his skis on, but even more excited to provide a running dialogue on the form of every person that passed us by. Ten feet of skiing, ten minutes of pause and he bested Howard Cossell and the Battle of the Network Stars (featuring Wonderwoman).
Sydney had a great round with his cuz, but did crash and burn with a nasty blister at the end. We were saved by Ferns' Country Store. There is nothing a little ham and cheese with a side of bandaids that we cant fix.
For those of you following from afar, it has been a winter wonderland here in Greater Boston. This is our third snow day this season and the banks are so high, we can barely see our neighbor's house. The NY Times says it is sunny and warm in northern Canada, so thanks for the Arctic winds Canucks! We've gone Xcountry in Weston , downhill at Smuggs and sledding at Elm Bank. We decided last snow day to try a new spot.
The Walnut Hill School brings kids from all over the world to study performing arts. They must have been indoors today. Usually Kam hangs out across the street at the Loker Street playground. But, the other day as we were heading with our new sled (it has since been buried in the front yard somewhere, yes, trust me we looked through the snow for twenty minutes) to Elm Bank again, we remembered just how windy it can be. I had an image in my head of Walnut Hill and kids sledding their past winters. It was in great shape and mobbed.
This morning the snow had stopped by seven and the sun was out, so we headed back to Walnut Hill. We made the tracks. A foot of fresh snow and we carried Liji up the hill. We made our own toboggan run (see Kam on You Tube with our new Old Timey movie 8 mm app.) Ten runs later we hit our old haunt Mel's for burgers and fries and are ready for naps. Oh how I love a good snow day.
My girl is from Miami. In my late twenties I broke it off with this hottie 'cause she couldn't imagine skiing with me. I was fresh off the west coast, what did I know people? I turned in my skis for the Met, lunch at Bouley Bakery and a lot of long walks through lower Manhattan and fell in love with her anyway. But secretly I knew that with a little patience I could bring her over to the dark side.
Ten years later she smiled a little a mile into a ski at Weston. I blamed it on the sun. I thought it might have reminded her of the beach. But today it was cloudy, snowy and ten degrees and she was STILL smiling. Maybe it was the spectacular views, the stunning snow conditions? It certainly wasn't teaching her to duck walk up steep green trails. Well check her out heading downhill here on YouTube. A natural skier. What snowy icing on the proverbial wedding cake.
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