Christmas Break Fail

Christmas Break 2014 was supposed to be one for the ages. The plan was to spend 2 weeks at the cabin, skiing at Wolf Creek every day, sporting our new gear and showing off our moves to all the Texans. I guess we shouldn't have had a plan. Or expectations. Maybe we should have just stayed in Albuquerque.

My mom arrived on the 1st Sunday of break and we headed up to the cabin. Epic. Christmas was just a few days away, and with all the pre-planning we did, the presents were already delivered to CO weeks before. We began to bring them in from the garage and noticed that something was amiss. Turns out, when we brought the presents up in suitcases strapped to a cargo carrier in the back of my new car, the exhaust burned a hole right through the suitcase and melted / scorched some of the gifts!

Because we bought WAY more than anybody should, we still pulled Christmas day off without a hitch. I mean, some of Cienna's clothes had scorch marks on them but that's the style now right? Like holes in denim or acid washed in the 80's?

Christmas Day my mom skied for the 1st time in 22 years! She fell once getting off the chair lift and then again in the parking lot when she didn't even have the skis on and both times she laid there for a while before allowing me (her personal sherpa) to pull her up. I was impressed! The snow was great! Christmas Break 2014 was back on track!

December 26th. The day that will live in infamy. Tony and I jumped at the chance to use my mom as a babysitter and hit the slopes kid-free. I should have seen the signs. I should have used my intuition when they handed me my ski pass for the day and it said this:

Hmmm. That's odd. Grinch? Well that's because the Grinch stole my ENTIRE SKI SEASON that day with one puny fall that had one big POP. And that was all she wrote.

After the afternoon at the ER and an evening of feeling sorry for myself, I woke the next day optimistic that I would be able to walk on my leg. Not happening. And to add further fuel to the fire, the kids developed huge sores on their faces with sore throats...after another trip to the ER on the 27th it was determined that they had strep.

Sick, crippled, and needing medication every 4 hours, my mom left at just the right time...with Tony in charge. He did his best to attend to all of our various needs and complaints. Such as the time that I sent him out to our rented mini van before bedtime to retrieve my crutches. I guess he was so exhausted from playing nurse for all of us he forgot to press the button to close the door and the next morning he came face to face with this:

Yes, people. This is what happens when you leave your car door open all night in a snow storm. Poor guy had to go brush all the snow out (of course after he administered all of our medications and made us all breakfast.) Everyone knows that taking medication on an empty stomach is bad for you.

Other highlights of our break included AJ accidentally getting a glue trap for mice stuck to his bare butt cheek and Cienna getting completely wiped out by an out of control snowboarder. It was so stressful even Diesel threw up one morning. Christmas Break 2014 was definitely one for the ages!

Tis The Season

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Last year, I included a Mazotti family update with our Christmas cards thinking that sharing the most intimate parts of our lives with our family and friends would somehow make them (you) open their hearts and their homes for the holiday. Surprisingly (not really) it seems that it had the reverse effect and we were suspiciously not included in many holiday events. This year I decided to send the standard "everybody BETTER smile and look at the camera for at least 1 picture unless you want to see mom lose her shit!" picture and the response was great! Coincidence? I think not!

Mazotti Family Christmas Picture 2014

The phone calls and text messages were non stop after the card hit mailboxes around December 2nd. There is a reason that I send them early people! Obviously we would not be able to attend every event / party / grand opening / fundraiser / rave / red carpet that we were invited to. But the ones that we did attend...well, the pictures pretty much say it all.

Our Christmas season is starting off with a BANG!

Between weekends of acting a fool we put on our "normal parents" act and had he pleasure of seeing AJ and his classmates sing "Frosty the Snowman" at Barnes and Noble and Cienna perform in her Christmas event. What a difference a day (and lots of cocktails) makes!

Happy Holidays!