As I've mostly skipped over the winter this year, I haven't shared any ski pictures from the mountains this year. So here are a few of them. We've done more downhill skiing this winter than we have since the kids came along. All school-age kids in Colorado get free passes, and Kyle and I had passes too, so that enabled us.
Sam's first downhill experience was at Steamboat, over the week of Christmas. He and I skied Why Not, which feels like a 5-mile cat track down the entire mountain. Probably should have started on a shorter run. He skis between my legs, and I squat around him, with my poles in front of his chest. It took us both some time to get used to this situation, but by now, he really likes it. And he really likes going on trails through the trees. He sings and hums as we move down the mountain, which I love.
Both kids especially like the chairlifts. I have deep anxiety about having the kids on the lifts, but the bar that comes down puts me more at ease.
Sylvie skills have really improved this year and she announces that she likes nordic and downhill skiing, but she likes downhill "just a tiny bit more." She did one lesson, but generally just got better by skiing with us.
Spring skiing has been excellent, because it's so warm and sunny. Powered by a few Starbursts and snacks, the kids can stay out all day long.
Family pic at Winter Park
Sam's first downhill experience was at Steamboat, over the week of Christmas. He and I skied Why Not, which feels like a 5-mile cat track down the entire mountain. Probably should have started on a shorter run. He skis between my legs, and I squat around him, with my poles in front of his chest. It took us both some time to get used to this situation, but by now, he really likes it. And he really likes going on trails through the trees. He sings and hums as we move down the mountain, which I love.
Both kids especially like the chairlifts. I have deep anxiety about having the kids on the lifts, but the bar that comes down puts me more at ease.
Sylvie skills have really improved this year and she announces that she likes nordic and downhill skiing, but she likes downhill "just a tiny bit more." She did one lesson, but generally just got better by skiing with us.
Spring skiing has been excellent, because it's so warm and sunny. Powered by a few Starbursts and snacks, the kids can stay out all day long.
Family pic at Winter Park
With Marie and Yann
Sam getting snowed on
Apres ski
Yann and Sylvie at WP
Sylvie playing (crying? resting? stretching?) at Devil's Thumb Ranch
Sylvie and Daddy at Vail
Lunch break in the sun at Mary Jane
Devil's Thumb Ranch with Caro
Sam's teeny tiny skis
Mama and Sam
Sam and me on the chairlift
On the Cabriolet at Winter Park/Mary Jane in her skivvies after skiing.
With Isla and Erin on the bus on the way to the mountain in the morning
Sylvie at Vail
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