This past Sunday, Ski Gull in Nisswa gave anyone who brought in a church bulletin from that morning's church service a free day of skiing (another small town perk!!), so we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take Adelyn skiing for her first time, since we knew she probably wouldn't last long (but who cares because it was free!). Adelyn was SO excited to go skiing, as she had recently seen a Curious George episode where George went skiing and she wanted to be like Curious George.
So we geared up, got on our skis, and spent some time on the level ground getting used to having those crazy things on our feet!!
And then we headed for the bunny hill...
We did a couple of runs where I walked up the bunny hill a bit with her, and then let her "coast" down the hill...
And then I thought it would be a good idea to try to bring her up the tow rope. Well, it took us a couple of tries, but we made it (it was actually exhausting trying to hold her straight since she couldn't reach the rope, and find the strength to hold onto the stupid tow rope)! Adelyn went down the full bunny hill twice (once in-between my legs, and then once while I was skiing backwards)
And after those two runs, just like that, she said, "All Done!! I did it!!!
And that was good enough by me. She was proud of herself. She loved it. And she's 2!!! Maybe next year we will try again and hopefully she will enjoy it some more.
It just happened that same day, my cousin Jenny and her husband Doug were in Nisswa for a family wedding, and so they buzzed on over to Ski Gull to hang out with us for a bit before they headed home. Since Adelyn had enough, Doug and I got to get a few runs in while Jenny and Michael (the non-skiiers of the group) enjoyed a beautiful day outside with the kiddo's!
After our long weeks of insanely cold weather, it felt like a heat wave on this gorgeous 36 degree day, and it felt like freedom to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather on the slopes.
Yep! It was a pretty great day.
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