Winter Fun 2021-2022 Part 2

 The other activity we did as a family while in Park City was taking the kids skiing, teaching them to ski. 

Elena and Charlie have gotten a lot more confident and actually enjoy skiing now. Last year was the first time they skied, so this year they've grown in every aspect and their lessons from last year sunk in this season. 

George is harder to teach. He hasn't responded too well to us teaching him, so we're (Kevin mostly) are having to hold him with the ski leash and follow behind him. That's pretty painful to do as you're having to pizza down the entire hill and get frustrated as George does not respond to the suggestions to turn this way or that. Eventually he'd end up on the "Magic Carpet" area - essentially the beginner's hill with a conveyer belt that takes skiers to the top and you ski down a fairly flat area with a whole lot of other beginners. 

George also gets tired very quickly at this age and he's usually done skiing after an hour of being up there.

Kevin and I started taking turns skiing with either Charlie and Elie or with George. Usually I start with Charlie and Elena and do 2-3 runs with them, by then George is ready for the magic carpet, so I stay with him there and Kevin takes a few runs with the two older kids. 

We are so happy that it's our family sport and truly hope George becomes more teachable next season as he get older and more mature. 

The last time we went skiing it was just me, Elena and Charlie, since George didn't want to go. Kevin took him on a Daddy - Son date instead. We had a great time skiing and when we got down to the bottom to go home, we saw that Toyota was doing an event. We got our faces printed on a cookie and the kids created their own logos that ended up on a ski hat that they gave to them as gifts. Super fun!

It was also dumping snow like crazy so by the time we got to the car our cookies had gotten wet through the paper bags they were in. Good thing I took a picture of them for a memory! :)