They are celebrating Dr. Suess' birthday this week at school, so they are having a "Wacky Wednesday" for which Cooper wanted colored hair and a mohawk. I thought this sounded kinda fun, so I obliged. For my first mohawk styling, I thought it turned out pretty well!
While our skiing has drastically improved this year, we still had yet to get the kids on ice skates. I'm not much of a skater and Josh refuses to even get on the ice, so neither of us have really pushed it. We've asked the kids a few times if they wanted to go, and they never really were that excited about it (I wonder why). But this weekend, we had a very quiet Sunday morning, and started to get a little cabin fever, so Josh actually suggested we take the kids. They were up for it, so off we went. I don't think I've been in skates in probably over 15 years, so I was a little rusty! The town rink is great though, and we were able to get rentals for all of us (minus Josh and Emma), and a some milk crates to help us along!
The kids had a blast! The first few minutes were pretty slow and I didn't think we were going to last very long, but they quickly gained some confidence and excitement. I bounced between the two kids (rather skated quite unsteadily) and then Cooper was quickly off on his own gaining speed with the crates. Isabel soon got rid of the crates and preferred to do it "like an adult." She would barely let me even hold her and by the end was even able to get up on her own after a fall.
The kids are already asking when we'll be back, so we may have to get on ebay and invest in some skates. These winter sports are tough, we're going to need to build an addition to house all of the equipment (not to mention second jobs to fund them)! Check it out below! (I just added what I have, some are not that exciting)!
We have had so much fun skiing this winter. The new "magic carpet" at the Snow Bowl is amazing. It's been so great to not have to haul kids up the little hill to practice. Thanks to all the practice "runs", we had an AMAZING first trip up the big lift with the kids. The first run down with Isabel we had her on a special pole device that let us turn her and slow her down. We thought she'd be done after one run, but she wanted to go again! The second time down the trail, we decided to try her without the poles. It was unbelievable how quickly she caught on. We figured she would be done after the 2nd run, but nope, she wanted to go again! In fact, she was crying at the end when we had to go home (as the sun was starting to set)! She wanted to keep skiing. She told me later that night when I was laying with her in bed that next time we should get up, eat breakfast, and then go skiing right away! I think she's hooked!
Cooper had his last day of his set of 5 ski lessons. Unfortunately he only made 3 of the 5 (sick one, travelling another), but it was still worth it. He made good improvement and he also was so much more independent on the trail. It's SO fun to see them have fun! Not to mention, much more fun without dragging kids up a hill, or trying to bribe them into trying to turn for fear of knocking out the other little kids in their paths!!! We can't wait to go again!!!!
Cooper and Gogo. Thanks Gogo for skiing with us! It was so great to have you there with us!
Isabel and Daddy
Cooper getting a little help from Gogo
The next day we got Emma on her skis! It was the first time for her too! I was surprised that she lasted as long as she did in them. These kids are full of surprises!
