Fine, I'LL do it...Aspen, part 1

Hey, Lily here. Since it's becoming increasingly obvious that Dada is not going to get his act together to ever blog about our Aspen trip, I'm taking matters into my own hands. After all, I'm doing all this interesting and cute stuff practically every day, and none of it gets blogged 'cause Dada's all writers-blocked. Move over, Dada, make room for a Lily!


So it all goes back several months, when Aunty Cathy was trying to figure out where we could all meet up for a vacation. Aunty Cathy's family wanted to go somewhere that wasn't too hot, and Mama and Dada wanted to go somewhere that was a direct flight from San Diego or LA because apparently I can be "challenging" on long trips. Dada, challenging is good, right? Anyways, turns out Aspen, Colorado is a direct flight from LAX, so we all decided to go there. I was soooo excited, because I got to see all my east coast peeps...Aunty Cathy, Uncle Paul, Tyler, Joshy, Po Po and Gung Gung. I practiced saying ALL their names for weeks so I could do them just right.


Anyways, on Friday, August 15th, after an uneventful flight (ahem...Dada, take note), we arrived in Aspen! We even got to see Aunty Cathy and family in the airport. It was pretty late by the time we got there, and kinda cold! Dada said it felt like winter, but I think that's wrong because winter just means the temperature stays below 80, right? But nevermind, we pretty much went back to the condos and went to bed (after saying goodnight to Po Po and Gung Gung, who had arrived earlier). But the NEXT day, play play play!


About the condos we stayed in, they were super nice! Aunty Cathy found this great resort in Snowmass. You can see our building in the background of this picture here. I really liked where we stayed because there was lots and lots of nature right outside for us to play in. See those little people in the background? That's Po Po and Gung Gung on the porch, and Aunty Cathy walking towards me, Dada, Tyler and Joshy. See how far away they are? Good thing I have a Dada to carry me if I get tired.





Here's the view from the upstairs condo. Cool, huh? Now I'M the one who's far away! That's me, mama, dada, Tyler, Joshy, and these nice people from Texas we met. Actually, people in general were super friendly here, lots of folks would come up and talk to us, and little girls would even want to pick me up. More on that later.









Anyways, I spent a lot of time over the course of the trip playing outside with my cousins Tyler and Josh. For me, that was the best part! There's nothing better than having cool cousins to play with!










Dada found me this beach ball in a thicket of prickly plants, which he bravely retrieved for me. This became my most loved toy for the remainder of the trip (after lovey, of course, but lovey is not nearly so satisfying to kick around on the grass).










That night, to celebrate Po Po's birthday, we went to this restaurant called Krabloonik. Seriously. Krabloonik. You can Google it. It's actually pretty famous, not just for the food but for DOGSLEDDING, of all things. I guess you can come dogsled in the winter! Unfortunately, since it was summertime there was no snow, and hence no dogsledding, but I still got to see doggies so it's all good. Here you see dada looking on while I commune with one of my doggie brothers. Woof! Dinner was very yummy, and don't worry, they don't serve dog food in the restaurant.

Here we all are chillin' in the condo after dinner.







Here's mama and me at breakfast the next day. Check out my threads! And the view ain't bad either!





After breakfast, we went into the town of Aspen, and then took a gondola up the mountain! Cool! I've never been up a mountain before!









Here we are on top of the mountain. Wow. That's a long way down. Geez.







On the way back down with mama and my cousins. See the other gondola behind us? That PROVES we're in Aspen!





Safely back on solid ground, we all went to lunch. Hey, are you guys asleep?

After lunch, we wandered around town, eventually finding this great park area with this faux rock playset. Cousin Tyler helped me go for a slide. Wheee! We had to use these cardboard boxes because apparently, when they designed this playset, they neglected to notice that faux rock is not that slippery. But leave it to kids to find a way! Everybody just used these cardboard scraps, and it worked just fine!





That night, we ate in...Uncle Paul cooked us steaks in their condo. Yummy! While the grownups cooked, they boys and I hung out and practiced our heat vision.

Wow, that's just the first two days. No wonder dada was procrastinating. More to come!


-Lily