Nicole goes "skiing"

We are taking the kids to Wenatchee on Feb 15th for several days of skiing. They have never been before so we have signed the boys up for snowboard lessons, and will be setting Nicole up with skiing lessons. So there's been lots of talk at our house about skiing. After playing in the snow in the morning (we woke up to about an inch and a half) Nicole decided to do her own skiing, indoors.

Wash cloth skiis, $2

(Bow and) Arrow poles, $4

Bicycle helmet for safety, $15

Snorkel goggles, $8

A 5 year olds imagination, absolutely priceless!!

Day of play in the snow

We took the kids up to Mt. Baker on Sunday to play in the snow. They have a great place to sled, but it is a lot of work! Those hills are steep to climb back up. After sledding for a while, then having lunch, we went off into the virgin snow and built a couple forts and had snowball fights. We finished up the day with a few more sled runs and hit the road back home. All three kids fell asleep within minutes of coming down off the mountain. It takes about 2 hours to get home, so it's not exactly something we can just hop in the car and do on the spur of the moment. There's a lot of planning, Marcus has to get the day off, and food to pack. We had a good time and need to do it more often. We're thinking of planning something during "mid-winter" break and actually having the kids take ski or snowboard lessons. It's something they've always wanted to do, but we've just never made the time to do. Maybe it's time!!