Stumbling into the New Year

Today while eating cake, Ida said, "Do you think if you die while you're having a dream, you get to keep the dream?"

Yesterday we went sledding, which was quite excellent indeed. Ida even plowed straight into a jump and launched herself headfirst into some snow, getting a bloody nose and mouth that painted the slope for the rest of the day. But she's okay.  She also ate a bunch of snow, despite many warnings from Ella.

We were way up in Washington. Crazily warm and sweet day.  The snow was misleadingly deep, however, and some of us were often getting a leg stuck and then losing boots underground, etc.  Miki did not think it was cool that I took her picture before I pulled her out.

Well, who turned 41 today? Hotter than a darn furnace! Just came skiing right over!

She's ready to celebrate...on Tuesday. But meanwhile, here's a couple photos of her with her older sister that I don't really understand and wished to share.

Actually, this was an incidence of a "pinched nerve" that we heard a lot about and then kind of faded out of the conversation.