The promised post is here – or part of it anyway. I’ll save the Kern River for tomorrow and do the rest of our week at the cabin here. Since the CED January theme is BODY – how about some real life little bodies?
Taking it from the top:
When we got there, the driveway hadn’t been plowed so we just parked in the street overnight. The next day the plow guy came and cleared out part of the driveway.
Here is the cutest little body present. The innocence and joy of little children can move me to tears. Two of my grandsons were running back and forth – Xavier would be in the lead and at the other end of the room, Jackson took the lead. Cooper watched for a while and then joined in. But she was always late so when the boys were running one way, she was running the other. This doesn’t sound like a tear-producing moment, does it? But watching Cooper’s sheer joy at joining in this fun game does tear me up. So sweet.
Later that day, after the plowing, we moved our cars out of the street onto the driveway. But the next morning it was snowing!
At least we were out of the street. And the snow led to the production of a very strange body – a disembodied head.
It was a strange and unhappy snowman. Made me think of Calvin and Hobbes. And he was sporting one of my locally produced, organic carrots. Anything for the cause.
So back to the little bodies. I brought canvases up (special treat – 2 for 1 at Aaron Bros.) so the kids could each paint.
Jackson is still in the mode of putting one color on top of the other until the whole thing is brown.
Movies are a good thing, and I had Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The three littles bodies’ Uncle Dave worked on this movie, so when you watch it look for David Davies in the credits. I believe he spent over a year on the jello.
The next day the littlest bodies left and I had a day alone with the medium to large bodies (the “large” body is my oldest grandchild – 15 1/2 with a learner’s permit).
Sledding occurred behind the cabin.
It was really quite beautiful from the new snow.
Snow forts with ammunition were constructed.
It was obviously too cold for any little or big bodies to sit on the porch, which is my favorite spring, summer, and fall activity up here. But the porch did have one taker – a body of a different sort.
Snow activity is tiring for all sorts of bodies, so we had snow cones. Having only chocolate syrup and butterscotch sauce, we invented chocscotches.
All seven days all the available bodies worked on a jigsaw puzzle from our summer Disneyland visit. We mount each completed puzzle on foam core, write on the puzzle the date completed and who did it, and put it on the wall just below ceiling level. We have quite a collection.
Next day, while awaiting my husband and the mother of the three remaining young bodies, we painted ceramic tea sets. And the little bodies played American Idol on the wii whenever possible. As did some of the large bodies.
At midnight we said Happy New Year and went to bed. The oldest body was already asleep and the second-oldest body tried to go to sleep early without success. That’s me, of course. Sleep can be elusive.
But when I got back to my room, the feline bodies were well settled.
We have a little snow/ski place around the corner named Shirley Meadows. On New Year’s Day the crew went tubing and snowboarding.
The littlest body present snowboarded.
The oldest body present went tubing. It’s pretty cool because after you come down the hill, they hook you up to the tow line, so you never have to walk up the hill!
The visit was drawing to an end so there was a mad dash to finish the puzzle, which was said to be the hardest ever done (by my daughters – I hate puzzles).
So this post was about 12 bodies in all, including Lily and Tiger, the felines. And I think that fits the theme well enough. These were the most precious bodies of all – different sizes, shapes, ages, personalities – but they are what life is made of. I’m so glad my husband and I created three little bodies who grew up, married, and created three more apiece.
