Ski Bums

While Chris was in Jackson Hole snow boarding his head off and hiking to peaks of mountains, the boys were learning to ski and snowboard in our little ski hill at KB. Given that I do not ski, (well, I can, but I sort of hate it) I was very proud of myself for getting all three kiddies and their ski/snowboard gear out of the house on time to make all three of their lessons.

I felt like Super Mom. And I only yelled once. Really!

The boys have grown tremendously this season. Aidan is now in the "mountain" group and spends his two hour lesson snowboarding runs with his instructor all over the place. Brennan is snowboarding his way through the bunny hill (only one lesson away from joining Aidan on the mountain.) And Griffin is learning to snowplow and turn.

Griffin is still unsure of the whole skiing thing. He does it because his brothers do it and his best buddy Ryan is there in the lesson with him, but he still gripes a bit about going each time. Aidan and Brennan seem to love it. Brennan tells me it is "exhausting," but he always seems happy to be on the hill. Aidan never wants to leave. He loves that he is now chair lifting and snowboarding all by himself. It is quite a sight to see.

As a mom, I love how worn out they all are by the time their lessons are complete. Anything that can get all three of them to agree that they are wiped out is a good investment.

My mini ski bums and I survived Chris's guy snowboard trip without incident. As I mentioned last year, every year it gets easier. And for that, I have to thank my three sweet little guys who behaved admirably well in their father's absence and even shut my bedroom door on Saturday morning to let me sleep in as they built giant forts outside their bedrooms.

I think I will keep them.