Weekend in Williamstown

Thanks to a great Southwest airlines deal, we spend a long weekend in Massachusetts at Jack and Mary Beth's house. They've been building it for the past two or so years and we hadn't seen it yet, and it's always great for the boys to have some extra cousin time and us to have some extra grown-up time! A snowstorm shortened our trip by one day, but we were thrilled there was snow in Williamstown when we arrived--it meant we could ski and sled! 

 All 7 of the kids. What's amazing is that they're all pretty much looking at the camera!

 Their house--beautiful inside and out! 

 Look at those big blue eyes! Aidan is crawling all over the place--a sneak peek at what we'll be getting from Jojo in the next couple of months. 

 Thomas fell asleep early the night that Lauren took a bath, so he and Josiah took a bath together instead. They both seemed to really like it, so we'll have to start doing it. MB has this great little mesh "chair" which supported Jojo.

 Baby interaction above and below

 On Saturday we went to the nearby ski hill. The three older kids ski each week and compete in cross country races. Here's Jakin coming down the home stretch. All three did really well in their age groups. Fun to watch!

 Lauren and Thomas both tried skiing for the first time. I think we have two future skiers on our hands!

 The kids played dress up--here, they're pirates, but at one point (sadly, no picture), Annie was "Princess Anne" and TJ was "Prince Thomas." That does help explain why last week TJ came down the steps wearing a towel like a skirt and saying "I'm a princess." Not sure he caught the slight difference between the words!

 There was also A LOT of rough housing/rumpusing. Right up Thomas' alley. The bigger boys were great with him, and tolerated him covering the floor of their room with all of their train stuff. 

 We went sledding in the backyard on Saturday and on Monday. There's a great little hill that was perfect for kids of all ages. I joined in the sledding on Monday. It was awesome! I haven't gone sledding in quite a while.

 The little kids sledding

 TJ with a shovel/sled. This was his first time really sledding and he LOVED it. Couldn't get enough. So happy we live where there's snow now so that we can do this all winter. (In fact, I bought a sled today!)

 Thomas and Lauren liked getting rides back up the hill. The whole experience was such a novelty to him that even if he didn't go down the hill on the sled, he'd just run down the hill to be with everyone at  the bottom (and likely to get a ride up!).

 Jakin and Corban wrestled their way down the hill.

 I became the sled (on top of a very skinny plastic sled) for the two little kids. They thought this was fantastic. I did too, to be honest!

This might be my favorite picture of the whole weekend. Every chance Lauren got, she'd ask, "Can I hold Jo SI ah?"