A Cerney Periodical

 It was fine. We were stuffy and coughed and Alice was REALLY grumpy. Brock, as usual, was making fun of us because he didn't get it...until he did. And it was literally one cough for him. Thank goodness. So, we all took some time off together and since we really didn't feel that bad, we had a pretty nice time. No one else we had been around got it, including my whole cast of the show I had just completed. Again, thank goodness. Honestly, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted and with the current situation getting so much less restrictive in Chicago (yes, even Chicago, the last to fall) Spring is really a state of mind. Here were a couple of our at-home moments... Brock put on a magic show. and we built stuff! We had a fancy COVID tea-party. And yes to snow outside!   And now, apparently, we are invincible. ONWARD!!!

We are trying to take in the full spectrum of what the midwest has to offer in terms of downhill skiing. It is not much, but it it something! For my birthday, we went to dumb dumb Wilmont and asked Alice if she wanted to try skiing. She said no all day, until and hour before we were going to leave. So we didn't do it. BUT! This weekend she said yes! And we checked out a new place, Alpine Valley. It was pretty darn ok-good! She was excited to go and her wonderful attitude got me through the insanely long rental line, the surprise-it's-not-30-degrees-afterall-it's-16-degrees, and the I-stayed-up-playing-trivia-too-late mommy horrible attitude. So we did it. Brock and Matt went to check out the hill while Alice and I challenged gravity and ate our share of pizza and french fries (ski terms). She did fabulous. And she lasted ALL DAY!! We took a lunch break, then daddy, who has way more throw-your-child-down-the-mountain verve than I do, took Alice on the big carpet. A rabbit hi