Fresh Powder!

Cross Country Ski Adventure

The horse with two monkeys in the pulk

Momma and Julia taking a break after Mommy bit it!

Alex relaxing in the comfort of his sled.  Quite the easy morning for him!

Water break at the Moondance Hut

Finished the loop!

On one of our days in Tahoe Donner we decided to check out the cross country ski area, which seems quite nice.  There are lots of trails for all levels and the scenery is beautiful.  We geared up, with David pulling a pulk sled to pull the kiddos in.  Julia was not exactly thrilled about being in the sled with her brother, I think primarily because she was trying to sit in his lap and kept slipping down and could not see.  It was also right around naptime, so she really just wanted to go to sleep.  I ended up taking her out of the pulk and just putting her in the Ergo on my back so that she could cuddle and sleep.  We took a couple of spills, but all in all, it was alot of fun.  Alex enjoyed having Daddy be the horse for the day, but I think next time we will get him on some cross country skis as he has plenty of energy to burn off!

Chillin' in Tahoe

All kinds of things to do on vacation.  Play with kitchenware and beads, be silly, eat lots of food, play Crazy Eights, read by the fire, get some new shades....all kinds of fun!

First Day on the Slopes

Tahoe Donner, the development where we stayed, has a great ski slope for kiddos, so Alex took lessons there for two days while we were up there.  David did lots of practice with him after lessons, going up on the magic carpet over and over again, with Alex on skis and David on his snowboard.  On the third day, they just did alot of practice runs and had a fun time.  By the second day he was doing great.  I'll post a video later. These photos are from the first day.  It was a beautiful day, with lots of sun and very mild temperatures.  Julia was really wishing that she could ski like her big brother and frequently would point at the chair lift, trying to get me to take her up for a ride.  Fortunately, they had one of the chairs set up as a swing, so that did appease  her somewhat.  We spent the rest of our time sliding down the hill sans sled.  She loved it!

Julia's First Snow Experience

Last Thursday we headed up to Tahoe Donner for a family winter vacation.  I didn't have the ability to download photos while we were there, so now there is a backlog of posts and pictures.  I'll be posting quite a few in the next couple of days.  Julia had never seen the snow before and Alex was quite excited to see snow, which was his "winter wish".  It has been quite warm the past few weeks, so alot of the snow had melted, but they did still have snow and luckily, before we left we were able to experience lots of fresh snow too!  The cabin which we rented had quite a large yard and there were a few hills which were fun to ride the sleds down.  Julia loved sledding and was sure to say "more" and "up" as soon as we got to the bottom of the hill.  You can see her little face in a couple of the sledding pictures and I think they say it all.