Dear Aves,
Last week we spent the week as a family in Lake Tahoe, one of my favorite places in the world. Your mom picked me up from the airport on the way to the lake, and you were in the back seat, asleep. Every time I see you, you’ve changed, grown up so beautifully. When you woke up, you said “oh hi, Aunt Meg Meg” like we haven’t been part very long, and so our trip began.
{I love to roll the windows down, close my eyes, and take in the fresh mountain air. Ahhhhh! Take in the huge trees, the rushing rivers and creeks, and smell that woodsy air.}
It’s important to enjoy these beautiful places on earth with the people that mean the most to you, and it’s also important to write down those memories so that they live on.
We spent the first part of the week in Tahoe City, as we usually do. We love to bike ride along the lake, raft the Truckee River, shop downtown, eat at restaurants with amazing lake views, watch movies, go to the various beaches, eat, eat, and eat more, lay by the pool, and eat some more. We did all of those these that week. This was your very first time rafting down the Truckee, and at 3.5… you did SO well. It’s a 2 hour cruise in the sun, and most kids your age would have a meltdown…but you didn’t. You sat there, enjoyed, talked to people in other rafts as we passed them, smiled at the 7 year old boy, and had a great time. That was so much fun. I’m happy that I got to experience your first time on the river. Although you’re ACTUAL first time was when your mom was 3 months pregnant with you…so maybe that’s why you enjoyed it, you’ve done it before. 🙂 After Tahoe City, we spent the last half of the trip at your cabin in Zephyr Cove. With a quick walk to the private beach, all we did was stay outside and play in the water during the day, and watch sunsets on the dock at night. You love that cabin, and as you should. It’s a special thing to have a place like that to call your second home.
I love spending time with you and noticing the small things that change.
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At 3.5 years old, you are:
Sassy.
Funny.
Intelligent.
Caring.
Chatty.
Not afraid of talking to people you don’t know (like that 7 year old boy, Lucas, that you met on the river and then shared ice cream with after rafting. Older men, huh?!)
Loving.
Silly.
A terrible singer, but you keep on singing anyway. And I hope you never stop.
Elsa. At this moment in time, you are OBSESSED with the movie Frozen. You were pretending that everyone in the family was a character in the film; You were Elsa, your mom was Ana, Uncle Drew was the evil Prince Han, your dad was the funny Olaf, and I was silly reindeer Sven. And you sang “Let it go” more than a million times.
Fearless. Not only did you river raft like a pro, but you jumped in an inter tube, without a life jacket, into the lake and spent most of the days being a mountain girl.
A lover of selfies.
Special to all of us.
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Here’s to many more Tahoe vacations.
With love,
Aunt Megs
With Love, Aunt Megs 