Family Ski Day at A-Basin

Earlier in the week, Blake and I decided we would take the family skiing, as Abby has been wanting to "go skiing with daddy." With Spring Break and Brittons Birthday on Friday, we didn't prepare much during the week to get ready to go on Saturday morning- but somehow managed to leave our house at 9 am with 3 children, 4 pair of skis, 4 pair of ski boots, 3 big bags of ski clothing and entertainment for Maycee, and leftover pizza from Brittons party to eat for lunch. We weren't sure if Abby would actually go through with skiing, but we knew if we could just get here to try it she would most likely love it. So we made it up there and dumped all of our stuff in a little lodge and started attemping to get Abby dressed to ski. Well, she hated the ski pants I brought for her- she didn't like how they stuck out ( I wasn't suprised, she also hated my backup ski outfit for her because "it was too big"). So after a major fit in the ski lodge, she left to ski with Blake in brown stretch pants with jeans over them. I didn't think Blake would allow his child to ski in jeans, since skiing in jeans to Blake is like wearing a snowsuit to the beach in summer- it just isn't smart. However, it was a nice day and we were running out of options- so I sent Blake, Abby, and Britton out to ski while I stayed in the lodge with Maycee. The other funny thing about Abbys ski attire was that we didn't have a ski helmet for her, so we put a bike helmet on her. I was half expecting them to be back in 5 minutes in tears but the longer they were gone I was thinking wow, she must be doing in. Blake came and got me about 45 minutes later and Maycee and I went out to see how she was doing. She loved it! I was able to watch her get on the lift a few times and ski down between Blakes legs. She was very proud of herself. Blake then came in with the girls and Britton and I headed out to ski some more. This was the first time I have ever gotten to ski with Britton and it was so much fun. We had so much fun skiing together and had some good conversations on the lift. We skiied a few runs and went back to the lodge and Blake had managed to get both the girls asleep. Blake then took a turn skiing- it was a great day! It made me excited for future Saturday ski days with the kids- especially when Maycee is old enough to join us on the slopes and when Abby is mature enough to realize that skiing in jeans and a bike helmet isn't going to cut it.