Kids and I woke up at 5:30 am and left the house by 6:30 am to go ski on the Plattekill mountain! We were the first three to ski on the beautifully groomed trails when they just opened. Oh what fun! That made the 2.5 hrs of driving on the downpour icy rain all worth it!
Our friends joined us in mid-morning and we had a blast skiing non stop. This mountain is small but the fact that we never had to wait in line for a lift, was pretty sweet. 
On the ride back, kids were saying how much fun they had and they rated today as 9 out of 10. I say that’s a success!

Thank you Chung family for sending us those beautiful cookies! They went perfectly well with my red velvet waffles for breakfast. Happy Valentine’s!

A perfect ski day isn’t complete without treating the kids with whatever they want afterwards. 🙂

Kids and I got up at 5:45am this morning to get to Blue Mt to ski with Lin family! It’s been years since we skied with them and we had so much fun. It’s nice to just follow the pros without looking at the map and deciding which trails to take. With so much snow we’ve been getting this winter, the snow conditions were unbelievable. The best, as far as I could remember in the East coast. 

I created a huge pathway for Miles to run in the snow… … after spending over 2 hours I realized it was a fail. He just hopped right on to the surface and because he’s so light, he didn’t dip down to the foot of snow like us. Oh well. I tried…

Happy birthday to me. It was a quiet day… we got hit with snow storm and we played in the snow with Miles. Chloe and I baked a banana cake with cream cheese frosting. I made it not too sweet, just perfect for my taste.

• 4 large ripe bananas (about 1and 1/2 cups mashed)
• 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, 
• 1/4 granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) buttermilk, at room temperature

@ Glen Rock Duck Pond

Kids “order” what they want to eat for lunch these days, especially Shane, now they are home all the time. Pink Pasta is their favorite they ask for at least once a week.  

He extracted 3 teeth for orthodontic treatment today. He was fully sedated during the procedure and got sick when he woke up. After taking a nap for 3 hours afterwards, he regained his strength. Even though it was supposed to be a simple procedure, it was pretty stressful going through this. Thankful to God, that he’s well now.