Anyway, we enrolled the girls in ski school ... H has been twice already and we knew she would love it. She was so excited to go. J had never been, and doesn't do so well with new situations (especially when we aren't there!) so we had no idea how she we do.
We dropped them off and signed all the forms and they both went in with no trouble. I checked back on them about a 1/2 later and they both we still all smiles and enjoying watching a movie while they waited for all the kids to show up and get ready to head out to the slopes.
Bob and I were out skiing and decided to take a quick coffee break at the lodge. It was a nice day so we stepped out on the deck to see if we could see the girls ... you could see the hill they were on about a 1/2 mile away and we could see their little pink jackets. Bob suggested we ski down there to get a closer look at how they were doing ... then we heard it. Screaming. Screaming and crying. At the top of her lungs. We knew right away it was J. We could see her sitting on the ground with her instructor and we could distinctively hear her crying "MAMA!!!!"
So we skied down there as quick as we could and actually had to walk back uphill to get to her. She was so upset she wouldn't even tell us what was wrong for about 10 minutes! The instructor said everything was fine and that she just started crying out of the blue. So I spent the rest of the day with her, and she finally told me that she missed us and that going down the hill was scary. I felt so bad. I told Bob that there's no reason to push her to like skiing and that we'd better wait till she's older to try again (old enough to want to do it).
Anyway, overall we had a fun trip and H had a blast. After her class she did a few runs with Daddy which she loved! Here are some pictures ... I have no pictures of J on skis because taking her picture when she was that upset just seemed cruel!
On the lift with Daddy.
2 comments:
Oh no! We are taking the kids skiing in March, and I am worried that Rebekah will do the same!
Kathy, Thats great that you guys are getting them started so early. Haley looks like a pro already!! Poor Jillian. We were thinking of taking Josie this year (she will be 5 in March) but decided to wait 'till she can go with her sister. She is extremely cautious. Hey, there is always next year and she's quite a trooper to have tried it at all. If you and Bob want to hit the slopes out here consider this your open invitation!
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