Skiing is a workout!

Isn't Benjer a cute little skier?

Britton and his snow ball

getting off the ski lift

I once had a P.E. teacher that would offer extra credit for kids that went cross-country skiing. She wouldn't count down hill skiing because she said it wasn't enough of a work out. I would have to disagree! Tonight we took the boys skiing again. I am going to be soooo sore tomorrow! I've been helping Benjamin ski. When he skis, he holds onto one of my polls. He is getting much better so we decided to take him on one of the bigger runs. To get to the chair lift though, I had to drag him up a hill. He thought it was great fun because I was pulling him up hill. By the time we got to the lift, I was exhausted! We just wanted to go on the little cat track. Britton was in the lead and he missed a turn off on the cat track and we ended up on one of the real runs. Well, there was no way Benjer was making it down this run while holding onto my pole. It involved way too many turns. So the only thing I could do was pick him up and carry him down the hill. It was quite a sight, I'm sure, but we made it down and Benjamin thought it was great fun. He decided that we should do one more run. So we all got back on the chair lift and this time we did the cat track. Benjamin did awesome! He did the whole thing. Britton is getting so good at skiing too. He usually beats us down the mountain, but is very safe too. Dustin was on his snow board. He is improving a lot too. He just started riding last year. After tonight I'm looking into the ski harnesses. Benjamin probably has another year before he will be able to really turn or stop on his own. He is doing much better and getting his skis into a wedge though. I love having a sport that we can all do as a family. I think I deserve extra credit for tonight...