Skiing, Zooing, and Mismatched Clothing

Last night Scott and I went skiing with Clint, our friends Dave and Lisa, and their friend Jennie. It was great weather and tons of fun. In the interest of saving money on babysitting, we brought Kate with us and took shifts watching her in the lodge. She was fairly patient and well-behaved, and she made lots of friends. Here she is on Scott's watch - Daddy's little half-Canadian. I figure this picture is somewhat representative of what she would look like if she normally had something on her head - like hair.

Wearing Scott's gloves.

Here's my husband, taking off on one of his legendary, out-of-control huge jumps. What you can't see is that the other side is a sheer dropoff. He was proud to have only lost one ski on the landing. Although I can't see much value in stunts like this, the cheers of the onlookers made it all worth it to him.
Eating bread and watching the skiers come in.

On President's day we got together with the Swendsen side to have lunch and visit the Hogle zoo. Kate was thrilled to see live versions of all the animals she's learned about through books. Karen and Ryan came too but had to leave before this picture was taken. Kate and Reese were fun little zoo buddies.

The only animal picture we took was this one. At least it was up close.

So I left Kate with Scott for an evening, and when I came home this is how she was dressed. The green hoodie is her bathing suit coverup, made of towel material. I'm now trying to help Scott think beyond his love of the color green when selecting clothes for Kate to wear.