Setting off party poppers on New Years Eve
Like everyone we were all very happy to see the end of 2020. We celebrated with a sushi dinner and party poppers that shot confetti all over the dining room and kitchen. It was a lot of fun but Olive did not like it at all, going upstairs and not wanting to come back down.
Jude and Anna decided they wanted to stay up to midnight this year, so I stayed up with them. We watched the Avengers and then just before midnight switched to NBC to watch the (delayed) Times Square ball drop. At 12:05am it was off to bed.
Jude solved the megaminx, a massive 12 sided Rubik’s cube-type puzzle
New Year’s Day was quiet and the kids were a bit irritable after staying up so late. One of the themes of this year’s holiday season was solving Rubik’s cubes. Jude has conquered the 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, the pyraminx, the megaminx and a twisted 3×3. He has become quite the expert and enjoys the challenge of trying to solve them quickly.
Anna solves the skewb
Meanwhile, Anna has been getting in on the Rubik’s craze at the Renton household. She took it upon herself to solve the “skewb” (yes, it is a thing) pictured above. She is the only one who has figured that puzzle out so far.
On the Santiago lift at Keystone
Today, we had our first ski day of the season. It was one of the few activities I have done during the pandemic that didn’t feel that much different. The lift lines are better spaced and the crowds are smaller but overall I would say it is a better ski experience. We only skied for four hours and did over 17,000 vertical feet. Apart from the first lift of the day we didn’t wait more than two minutes in a lift line. The kids had a blast, as did I.
Marcy continues to recuperate from her foot surgery and that is actually going quite well. However, she had a tumble down the stairs a few days ago and when she went to get x-rays found out that she had two fractured ribs. She is in a lot of pain when she sneezes, laughs or moves around too much. So, it means she is stuck with an even lower key recovery than planned.