Tag: Snow

Cross Country Skiing with Kids

Last week I decided to take the tots cross country skiing. And I learned something. Cross country skiing with kids is tough. Thanks to the help of the Sundance Nordic Center staff I was able to get some of these photos to share with you.  Here are some thoughts from the day.

Lowered Expectations

First, for some reason I was not expecting Big E to have such a hard time. I don’t know what I was thinking, but it’s no surprise that an almost 4-year-old with no previous experience spent a lot of time on the snow and less time on the skis.

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First Snow of the Season!

First Snow of the Season

We’ve had a number of family birthdays this month, including little g’s first.  With every candle that needed blowing out Big E made a wish.  The same wish each time.

“I wish for snow.”
Last week his wish came true.  We got three inches or so which Ethan quickly packed, threw, bulldozed and thouroughly enjoyed.  As I tried to find coats, boots, gloves, and hats for all of us I realized that perhaps I’m not quite ready for this winter.  Little g ended up wearing a coat twice her size, with sleeves down to her knees.  Big E luckily still fits into last year’s.  
Living in the mountains means winter here is pretty extreme.  Usually I like things to the extreme – watching extreme sports, sitting in an extremely warm hottub, other such things.  I’m just not sure I’m ready for freezing every time I open the front door and digging my way to the car.  Mostly I’m not looking forward to the bundling of me, Big E and little g.  As any mom of young children knows it already takes 20 minutes to carry the diaper bag, purse, library books, reuseable shopping bags, and kids toys to the car, load both children into their seats, buckle everyone in, clean off the snow and ice, stomp around to my seat and finally warm up the car to above freezing.  Add to that putting on gloves, coats, hats and boots and you can see why I’ll be spending all my time at home this winter.  Just kidding…kinda.
Big E’s big snowball
Little g did not like the snow…
but Big E couldn’t get enough.