Dear William (65 months)

Dear William,

Today you are 65 months old!

This is the month we had C H R I S T M A S!

First you got to open presents from Mommy and Daddy.  Daddy got you a new bike helmet and balaclava, which you wore on your last day of school in 2014.

On the Saturday before we left town, you opened the rest of your presents from us!

Then we loaded up the station wagon and headed east for what seemed like forever.  You and Corduroy didn’t mind.

We ate dinner at a Chipotle in Lincoln, Nebraska.

And then we slept in the pop-up camper.  It was very cold.  You and I shared a sleeping bag. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I don’t think we’re doing that again.

 

Once we arrived in Illinois, you had lots of Christmases.

You also did some light sewing with Grandma Nan and made Corduroy a sleeping bag of his own.

 

When we got back to Colorado there was S N O W.

 

On New Year’s Eve, we went sledding at Rocky Mountain National Park.

You liked sledding so much that we decided we’d take a family ski trip to Snowy Range Ski area in Wyoming.  

You were adorable in your tiny ski gear.

 

You took a lesson.

 

Then you showed us your moves on the slopes.

 

Will skiing from Melissa Raguet-Schofield on Vimeo.

You finished off the month with a Gnar Runners organized kids’ trail run out on the mud and ice at Horsetooth Mountain.

This. This is why we moved here.

 

You're the best, William

Love always,

Momma