Today, I had the day off and we headed up to Whistler after an amazing invite by Matt and Jodi. Our favorite place to vacation is Whistler, and we have eagerly been looking forward to this trip up with them. We have been up several times with Matt and Jodi, both with kids and without, and we really enjoy hanging out and relaxing together. They are one of those couples who you can play hard with or sit back at the house and do nothing with, and still have a blast. And now with Lauren and Thomas so close in age, it is great to be able to share time with them and watch the kids play and interact ( well, someday they may play "together".) They love to be together, and Thomas will call for Lo-Lu, wake up asking for her, and point to her road in our neighborhood, but it still takes the parents to help them along in the share and play nicely arena! On Friday, driving up I taught Thomas the snow dance, and he seemed to enjoy seeing Mama waving her hands around in the air when the snowflakes began to come down, but sadly, there was no snow in the village. We picked up groceries, toured the village, grabbed some dinner, then headed back to the house to wait for their arrival. Thomas and I couldn't wait, though, and headed to bed just as they arrived.
Early Saturday, Matt was chompin on the bit to head up the mountain, and they headed off very early to hit the slopes on opening day. Jodi and I took our time, relaxing, taking the kids for a walk in the neighborhood, and then made our way into the village for breakfast and coffee. The kids are a hit in the village and it's fun to see people interacting with the kids wherever we go. By mid day the guys returned and Matt and Jodi took us our for snacks at The Chateau Whistler over on Blackcomb, where the kids ran around the lobby playing with the dog and the bear statues. Jodi introduced me to the mojito, which may or may not be a good thing! Afterwards, we headed down to the main village to look around, shop and eat dinner. They treated us to dinner at our favorite restaurant, The Mongolie Grill. The kids are at a good place to sit and eat with us for a good amount of time, even though we had to bring out the big guns to get through the entire meal (big guns aka candy!) By Sunday Lauren was feeling under the weather, which I'm beginning to wonder if there is some sort of sickness curse in Whistler. Three trips ago, while staying with Andi and Julie at Nature's Door, I came down with a severe stomach virus that literally knocked me out for two days. This spring with Matt and Jodi, Thomas came down with something while there, and I stressed the whole time about exposing Lauren. Now Lauren was sick. Hmmmm....very interesting. We went to breakfast at the Club, and enjoyed our free time just hanging out together. By evening, Thomas was showing signs of sickness, and that was that.
We woke up Monday morning to what John estimated was 4 inches of new snow, and it was absolutely beautiful. We attempted to take Thomas into the Village for Christmas pictures, but he really wasn't feeling well, so loaded down with treats for the road, we headed out shortly after Matt and Jodi. Another fabulous Whistler trip, and I'm already wondering when we'll head up again. Oh yeah, couldn't forget the trip into IKEA on the way home! That was fun, too!
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