Oh, Stella. She’s at a fun age right now.
Our last day in Colorado was spent at Winter Park Ski Resort. Billy met his best friend out there and while they went snowmobiling me and the kids palled around. It’s such a cool town!
Stella and I had a blast there. I gave the boys free rein of the village so the only time I saw them that day was when they needed money. Minions.
I haven’t been to Winter Park since 1991 when we went with a big group of kids from school. And, let’s face it, last time I was there I was more concerned with getting Jonathan Lusk to acknowledge my existence than taking in the sights.
Oh, Jonathan Lusk. He was a senior when I was an eighth grader but I can assure you, I wasn’t the only girl vying for his attention.
Winter Park has a little Cabriolet lift that takes you from one part of the village to the next.
We rode that several times just for the fun of it. They also have a nice arcade, a playground, an ice skating rink and a great tubing facility. The tubing is definitely something I remember from high school.
When I told Stella we were going to go tubing she started crying. She pleaded with me ‘Mommy! Please don’t make me tube. I don’t want to wear a swimsuit and get in the water!’
Yeah, not that kinda tubing, lady.
We stopped in at Goody’s and I ordered a Nutella Crepe. Stella had never seen one before and asked me what it tasted like. I gave her a bite and her eyes began to sparkle. Y’all! I’m telling you they sparkled!
“Mommy! It tastes like magic!”
Well, yes. Yes, it does.
The fact that she used the word magic doesn’t surprise me at all. On Christmas Eve she said ‘Daddy! Dip Mom like your dancing and I’ll take a picture and it will be like you are getting married and it’s magic!’
Yes, it’s magic 100% of the time, all right.
Johnathan Lusk did eventually acknowledge me on that trip. I sat beside him on an eight person tube and as we raced down the tubing hill we hit a bump I almost fell out. I only managed to stay in the tube by grabbing on to him.
When we landed he looked at me and said ‘you okay?’
Why, yes. Yes, I am. And when I get home every girl in the eighth grade is going to know that you said those two words to me. Hey, remember that time that Jonathan Lusk asked me if I was okay? Paula, that was two years ago. Yeah, but it was awesome.
Hey Stella, How about we worry more about tubing than boys when you’re a teenager?
“How about we worry more about getting some of those crepes!”