Emski528
Angel Diva
Yes! The singing! My 8yo still does it since she started at that age. She says it calms her down and helps her focus. I love it so much.But then 4yo sings all the way down the hill and it's worth it.
Yes! The singing! My 8yo still does it since she started at that age. She says it calms her down and helps her focus. I love it so much.But then 4yo sings all the way down the hill and it's worth it.
Then I have to get them into the skis. They should be able to do this. (Narrator: but they don't.) If they have snow stuck to their boots they need help scraping it off, and 7yo is a great kid who has many fine qualities but balancing on one foot is not one of them, so imagine trying to shove a noodle into a pipe while the noodle is howling at you.
Our kitchen chairs desperately need refinishing because I realized the mornings went much easier if I insisted that the kids wear their ski boots to breakfast. Ski boots on meant socks, long underwear, and ski pants were also on. Bonus! They're adults now. I'll get around to fixing the chairs eventually.I do make my kids put their ski boots on at our house and wear them the 30 minute drive to the ski hill. This has made life so much easier for me.
So glad to hear I’m not the only one making these choices @RachelV , yes I am weighing the hassle factor this year more so than in prior years, the masks and lineups just have added to the pain of parking and prep/-oh and for me 4 hours of skiing takes an hour or two of stretching in the morning beforehand, after a sleepless night where I had to spend an hour between midnight and 1 am to secure my reservation for the following week. Be happy you only have 20 m lift lines at peak times, that what I face at the lowest part of the day. great articleI've had multiple conversations recently about what a pain skiing is. "The delicate balance of misery and joy that is skiing" is right on.
One of the ways I know I'm getting old is that the primary way I pick ski days now is by how easy they'll be. If the effort required is more than maybe a 6/10, I'm not dealing with it. I'm missing a powder morning right now because no way am I dealing with powder-starved Saturday morning hordes to wait in 20 minute lift lines during a pandemic. You know what will be 90% as fun and 10x easier? Rolling into a sweet parking spot at 1pm and skiing leftovers with zero lines.
I LOL'd at "haphazardly gathered firewood" and 30 minutes to put on socks. I too have lived this!
My daughter is now 13 and can thankfully put on her own boots. And carries skis on her shoulder too!
In our early years of skiing together, we didn't ski very often (between my work schedule and the fact that her dad doesn't really like to ski). But when we did, I made it a priority to make it enjoyable. Plenty of hot cocoa breaks. No yelling. Going home early if we were just too tired/cold/grumpy to stick it out. Last year and this one too, she is really loving skiing, and I'm feeling like those choices have paid off.