what to do in the winter..

It seems we've tried almost every winter sport there is. I've had so many people tell me to "embrace" the winter and then it doesn't seem so long or dreary. If you can find fun things to do, well then, it should be fun.

So we've tried ice skating - every Canadian mom feels this is a required sport- kind of like learning how to ride a bike.

We've tried sledding - we now own two very fast sleds.

We've tried cross-country (or Nordic) skiing - Brooklyn and Reina seemed to catch on pretty fast.

But our favorite so far is Alpine (or down hill) skiing.

Last year Brooklyn and Reina learned and after a few lessons felt they has mastered the sport.

So this year while the older kids are at school I run up to the local learning hill with Alek and Kelsey and we ride the magic carpets. We've gone twice and it is more fun than I could have imagined. Both kids love it despite not being able to really stop or turn. But with a little more time I'm

confident we'll all say winter isn't so bad here.

Canada Olympic Park

Feb 9, 2011

Alek 5 1/2

Kelsey 2 1/2