Caroline's First Ski Day

Do you see how hesitant her smile is? It takes a lot out of a little person to walk in ski boots. By the time we got to the bunny hill I thought I should have driven our own car up the mountain. That my little girl was not going to last all day. She didn't want to do it. She didn't want to ski and she didn't like it.

Oh.. but we went with my amazing friend Jessica! She was very encouraging. Jessica has a 4 year old of her own who did not want to spend his whole day on the bunny hill. And a 2 1/2 year old who has gone at least 15-20 times before and can ski great all by herself. Jessica (6 months pregnant) was wonderful to even try to teach her! She was very positive and Caroline listened to her!

Here they are skiing down the bunny slopes.

5 or 6 times down the bunny slope with Jessica.. she was skiing all by herself.. and
loving it! Check out that smile! She was saying I can do this! I love to ski! I can do hard things! I should never give up!... Oh how glad I was to go with Jessica at this point! Thank you- thank you!
She didn't want to take breaks. She didn't want to try and follow me (to try and learn how to turn). She didn't want to go to lunch. She just wanted to go down.. fast. I was so happy to see her loving it!



It ended up being a truly successful skiing day! She didn't want to leave. She even made up her own song on the way home. It went something like, "I like to ski, ski, ski, ski, ski, ski! {giggle giggle}." I can't wait to go again with her... and Jessica!