fabulous window seats

I am sitting on this window ledge enjoying the morning sun and the views of snow-capped mountains. Feels so relaxing! Despite a 5am start, hours of driving and hiking in Yosemite yesterday it has been a pleasure travelling with three little kids (something I cannot say when it comes to air travel and having to stay still for hours and hours).

But now more about the window seat – this is such a great invention, but rarely seen in size larger than a bench. I think one could even have a couple of kids sleeping here if needed. So made for reading a book, browsing the morning news with a little tray of steaming coffee and croissants nicely fitting in here too. Now I am wondering how I could incorporate a window seat like this to my future dream home…

I didn’t pick the hotel because of the window ledge or the views, but because of the kitchen and heated pools – kids always want to swim and I don’t want to freeze in the cold water. Ski resorts like this Mammoth Lakes are great, as rooms are large and there are usually well equipped kitchens (or kitchenettes) – this one almost leaves the one we have at home green in envy. Kitchen is an important feature with travelling with little ones – an “emergency food kit” always comes with us, and it is filled with items such as long-life milk, instant oatmeal, noodles and snacks as it’s not so easy to find restaurant food that little ones actually eat!