Saturday & Sunday:
- Drove to Lebanon, NH, and stayed at the Element, a super-eco-friendly hotel. Zach fell asleep well in the car, but he did not transition well to the hotel room. He wanted to wander the halls. He wanted to sleep in our bed. He woke up before 6am, and since he and I were both wide awake, we started our day!
- At 6am, Zach and I checked out the breakfast spread and then visited the pool. It was a salt water pool, and Zach had fun jumping in. He kept insisting that he could swim and wanted to do everything himself. Luckily, the pool at Seasons had a float so that he could swim by himself!
- We hit the road headed further north. We made a quick stop for lunch pastries and got settled in to our condo for much needed afternoon naps. After nap time, Zach tried out his skis. He didn't understand that he had to use them on snow and really wanted to use them like his scooter!
- In the evening, we got groceries. (The grocery store is a new favorite place for Zach.) For dinner, we stopped at Moat Mountain Brewing Company for dinner. Zach met Zane, and we enjoyed chatting with his family.
Monday:
- We made our way to Attitash, and Zach met Janet, who took care of him Monday - Tuesday. He also met three-year-old Sadie from New Brunswick, and she made quite an impression. He talked about her for the rest of the week! Janet was very complimentary of Zach. She said she he seemed verbally advanced as she had no trouble understanding him. Some highlights with her:
- He told her he had a brother and sister, and he told her, "I go pool."
- On Thursday - Friday, Zach bonded with Mariah, Camilla, and Fernanda. No other kids stood out to him like Sadie, however!
- The trip to the Seasons pool was a big hit! There were more families from Canada, and Zach enjoyed watching the other four kids. After Monday, though, we basically had the pool to ourselves. Just a few folks again on Friday night. Zach also enjoyed the Arcade at Seasons and spent two nights playing air hockey before we lost the puck. :/
- And, of course Frank and I had a great time cross country skiing. There were lots of chatty folks on all of our trails, and we learned some good stuff. Our Tuesday chat made us aware of Great Glen and their well-groomed trails. (We went there on Friday.)
Cross Country Skiing
Family Days
Wednesday:
- We took Zach out to the Mount Washington Valley Children's Museum. It was more like an indoor playground than a museum, and Zach had fun.
- I stopped over at the Local Grocer and picked up some muffins and local beer and cider.
- We went to the American Flatbread Company and had Moat Mountain’s Smoke House Porter, and Slick Nick Long Winter Ale from Sebago Brewing Company and pretty bad pizza and a truly terrible salad. Zach learned to tear off pieces of his pizza slices and was eventually persuaded to have pineapple off the pizza.
Trip Highlights & Superlatives
- Connecting with Megan! Since we were only 2.5 hours away from her and family in Maine, Frank texted her, and we learned her latest. We'd hoped that she could come over and meet us, but she works for a CPA and could not take time off during tax season. :(
- Frank and I watched the original Bourne trilogy. A ski trip tradition!
- Best meal: Bear Notch’s broccoli cheddar soup and fresh bread hot out of the oven at 12:30pm
- Best muffins: Madeline’s coffee cake muffins (bought those 2 days in a row!)
- Best Cider/Beer: Citizen Cider's The Dirty Mayor
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