I think the most exciting part of the weekend for me was on Saturday during skating. I looked across the ice and Bennett was standing up, not holding on to anyone, and marching! Yay, Bennett! He does seem to like marching these days, which is one of the first steps of learning to skate. We often see him marching and saying, "march, march, march."
After nap on Saturday we went sledding again. This wasn't as much of a success as last time. We went to Jericho Hill, an old ski slope in Marlborough. I had driven by it earlier in the day and it hadn't seemed too busy, but by the afternoon there were quite a few people there.
Bennett went down a little hill with Daddy and seemed to have fun. Then we decided to give the big hill a try. Most people, ourselves included, were only going about half-way up the hill.
Bennett started off happy, but by the time they reached the bottom he was NOT happy. I'm not sure if it was the steeper hill, the bumpier ride (it was bumpy in general but also a gulley at the end that made for a bit of a jump), or snow being kicked up into his face, but Bennett was whining and crying a bit. We did do a couple of other runs, even trying the smaller slope again, but he was not having fun. He had much more fun going to the playground that was there and going down the slide while Daddy did some more sledding. And then Daddy broke our sled, so it was time to go home.
On Sunday we had what I believe is our final Christmas celebration of the season. (One year I think we celebrated in March, so January 6th is pretty good.) Uncle Andrew and Aunt Gentry arrived first. Bennett quickly made them his servants, having Uncle Andrew get him milk and having them read him a number of books. At one point Bennett started getting fidgety and lay upside-down, so Aunt Gentry did the same to read the book. And then Uncle Andrew joined in.
A short time later Aunt Cathrine and Uncle Bob arrived, bringing their dog with them. Interestingly Bennett never referred to her as "puppy" like he did in Georgia. She was just "Annie". He didn't ever really want to touch Annie, but was always interested in knowing where she was and looking at her.
After we ate we opened a few presents. These included peculiar European condiments for the adults as well as helpful jar scrapers. And following the kitchen theme Bennett got a toy microwave! He had lots of fun pushing the buttons and cooking the various included foods- hot dogs, chicken, hamburger...
Then, since it was long past Bennett's bedtime, he said goodnight to everyone, Chris brought him upstairs, and everyone else said their farewells as well. This morning Bennett didn't want to go to school. He wanted to microwave things.
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