Sking

Well this President's Day weekend I took the boys skiing for the first time. We did our annual trip up to Packwood with Josh's family and Umma and Uppa so it seemed like the perfect time. Dada, Josh, and Beth still went up in the morning but once Umma and Uppa got there to watch Amelia, well an hour or so after they got there we did have to visit a bit and put together some lego kits, we headed up the mountain.

Now for a couple days we had been talking about skiing so the boys were excited. Both said they were scared, nervous and excited on the way up. I kept trying to remind them that they will fall down, a lot.

After we got all their stuff, I even let them get ski poles, we headed outside. Of course I really don't know how to teach someone how to ski but a combination of googling it, listening in on what the ski instructors were saying and a lot of confidence things went smoothly. :)
Jacob did really great. He manged to learn to stop pretty good, turn a bit and fall with control. Jack liked to point his skis down hill and go.

We kept to the free carpet zone for practice, plus Dada was suppose to meet us there. Well after about an hour or so of skiing the boys needed a break and Dada still hadn't shown up so I said we should head in for some cocoa. That worked out to be the best because as Jacob skied to the lodge Dada finally saw him. I guess he had been looking for us for an hour and half! After our warm up and snacks Dada took each boy up a bigger hill.

Overall the boys had a great time. Jacob wanted to keep skiing up the longer runs but Dada was too tired. It is something both said they would like to do again. It may turn into something that we do often.