Spring Break 2017 - Part 1
We went to Whistler, B.C. for Spring break this year. Whistler is one of out favorite places to ski and we love the sweet little village.
This year we flew into Seattle and drove up. Lily worked on the iPad studying letters and sounds while Luke sat with Grammy and Poppa and did sudoku with Poppa.
Our flight left at 10:30 but with the time change we arrived in Seattle around lunch time. We found a fun little pizza place and the kids were super surprised to find that it was Comic Con day. Y'all, we saw some pretty questionable outfits and got this amazing picture.
They actually weren't making faces at the people dressed up but this picture cracks me up!!
It's about a 4 hour drive to Whistler from Seattle. Thankfully the kids had lots of books to read and movies to watch on the iPad.
When we got to Whistler, we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few things for breakfast and some lunch stuff. We finally got to our condo around 9 pm so we unloaded and quickly got ready for bed. We had to be up early to get to the shop to rent our skis.
Lily was very unsure about skiing. Last year we went to Breckenridge, CO and the whole week the temperatures were in the negatives or single digits, during the day. She took one day of school and then didn't want to leave our hotel for the rest of the trip. I don't really blame her because it was bitterly cold and pretty miserable but Brett really wanted to her to at least learn to ski, even if it's not something she loves. She wasn't sure about getting boots and skis but we convinced her that it would be fun.
There are 2 mountains, Whistler and Blackcomb, with about a 10 minute walk between them. Our condo was just down from the Blackcomb side so we rented skis there and tried to get her signed up for ski school but the Blackcomb school was full. We had to go to the Whistler school so we had to rush over to get here there. This school is up on the mountain so you drop your kids off with the teacher and they take them partially up the mountain on the gondola where they have a building and lots of magic carpets. Lily was super sad to leave me and nervous so she cried when we got there. They brought out what they called the "sad child advocate" to help ease her anxiety. She was AMAZING! She helped Lily get her boots on and had her laughing within minutes and then took her up the mountain. Here she is all ready to go!
After we finally got Lily off to school, the boys headed up.
This sweet boy of mine was born to ski! He loves it and I LOVE this picture Brett took of Luke on the mountain! Brett and Poppa took him to do some super fun runs this trip. One of the things Brett loves about Whistler/Blackcomb is that the mountains are so big! It gets a little crowded at the bottom but the mountain doesn't feel crowded when you are up skiing.
Ski school gets out around 3:30 so I picked Lily up and met Brett and Luke at the bottom of Whistler so he could take Lily up and ski with her. There is a small lift that takes you to a point where you can either ski down the Whistler side or the Blackcomb side. Since our condo was closer to Blackcomb, I walked over while Brett and Luke skied down with Lily. Here they are heading to the lift.
She was pretty exhausted when they got down so we stored our skis for the night and headed back to the condo to get ready for dinner.
We signed Lily up to do another day of ski school and she went kind of reluctantly again but I promised her I would bring her doll (who has her own ski gear of course) when I picked her up. I am pretty sure people thought I was a crazy lady walking through the town like this:
Lily was excited to see her doll but completely exhausted from the past few days so she didn't want to ski with Brett that afternoon.
We opted for an early evening in and made spaghetti at the condo.
Tuesday Lily decided she wanted to take a break from skiing so we hung out around our condo, did some laundry, watched a movie, ate lunch and took a nap. Our condo was across the street from Blackcomb mountain so every morning I would walk with the skiers to get their skis and then put all their boots/shoes in boot bags and bring it back to the condo. That meant that every afternoon I would meet them at the bottom of the mountain with their boot bags so they could store their skis and walk back to the condo. Lily joined me, with her doll of course, to meet everyone.
We decided to go on an adventure and walk the back way to our condo which the kids loved! They got to explore the snow by our place and build a snowman under the trees.
Brett's birthday is March 2nd so we celebrated a few days late with his family at the Mongolia Grill. If you take a trip to Whistler, this is one of our favorite places to eat.
One thing I love about little villages like Whistler is that it is so easy to walk from place to place. Living in Texas, it's hard to walk around. We can't just leave our house and walk to dinner. The hard part though - the kids wanted to stop and play in EVERY snow pile they saw! haha
Always a little bit of sass!
My sweet girl had to have a purse like Mommy's and of course we had to bring along her puppy. :) Side note: Yes, my 5 year old has a Victoria's Secret purse. Yes, I know it is a little inappropriate. She wanted one that was the same shape as mine and it was the only thing I had so we went with it. She loved it and loved being just like Mommy!
Of course on our walk home we had to stop at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory! :)
Tomorrow I will share about our day together when the boys took a break from skiing.
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