Skiing

7th grade is the year that the district offers the ski program.  For 2 days the kids get bused up to Pebble Creek Ski Lodge, get half day lessons both days, lift tickets and rentals for $60!  We might be one of the only parents in our neighborhood that don't take their kiddos to ski every weekend... the shock and horror our poor deprived children have never learned to ski... because gasp... we just don't like it!!

So when the opportunity came up for Walker this year I said... "here's your chance to see if you even like it."  He didn't really want to go but too bad... new experiences are good for you!

It's funny since the kiddos don't go out and play in the snow any more he had no big kid winter gear... so the $60 bargain of skiing for 2 days turned out to be a lot more with all the new gear but it was well worth it... He LOVED it.

I had asked for photos... got none the first day... lots of stories about falling and how much he enjoyed it but no pictures!!  Day 2 I reminded him I needed something for the scrapbook/blog... anything the bus ride, the burger he was going to eat, a selfie which he promptly told me, "Um no... he was not going to be taking a selfie."

So no photos to show how much fun he had, the friends he hung out with, the bus ride with them having to stop and put chains on just to get up the hill, the record amount of snow that was at the Lodge, the bacon cheeseburger he was so excited to eat, the skis that he thought were so cool and that he hoped he could rent the same ones again... nothing.

Instead I took a picture of the ski tags... but he is super excited to head back for night skiing in a couple weeks with scouts!