Skiing

 Sydney's preschool does an annual trip up the Eaglecrest Ski Lodge every year. All the kids get a ski lesson and then the adults who want to can stay up and ski with them the rest of the day. I was NERVOUS for Sydney because she doesn't do well with strangers and sometimes complains a lot if something is physically strenuous. I decided to get a sitter for Wynn and go up for support. They asked the parents to stay away for the first hour and a half of the lesson, so I even got to get a few runs in myself. Wow! I hadn't skiied in a long time and never in such deep, heavy powder. I did okay and never fell, but boy was I out of practice :). Sydney did really well though. She didn't put up a fuss when they got her in all her gear and happily left with her teacher. When I got back to the lodge I was worried because I could see her sitting on the ground next to the fence, but soon she got back up and when she came in for snack, she said she was just taking a little break. She got the biggest smile everytime they helped her start skiing down the hill and told me it was like "sliding on her feet." She still has some work to do to get a good "pizza shape" and come to a stop all on her own, but I'm optimistic and more confident in our ability to take us by ourselves now. The only problem is getting a sitter for Wynn!

Sydney has an awesome stink-eye... but don't let it fool you, she was actually happy.

Here she is toward the back getting ready to push off toward the instructor