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Normally, Dave and the girls spend Sundays at the mountain so that the girls can attend ski practice, but since they have their holiday show for dance tomorrow they joined in with the Saturday team today. I tagged along so that I could grab lunch with Dave, which was lovely, but gracious it was incredibly crowded at Wachusett today! It has been ages since I've gone on a weekend, and today was a good reminder as to why I usually don't go. I am thankful to have found a wonderful spot near the fire (that I refused to leave for close to four hours) and enjoyed plenty of time people watching and reading Michelle Obama's book. I was happy to have the chance to get up when it was lunch time though, and I hightailed it out of there afterward. We generally live by the saying: "There's no bad weather only bad clothing choices" but I'm pretty sure that all the Smartwool in the world was no match for the two degrees that was out there today! xo 

8:55am At Wachusett

This is the picture I received from Dave this morning. Not even a little rain will stop these New England girls from skiing!  xo 

6:40am

Up and out early today for the first day of ski team! xo

Getting Ready

It's that time of year again! Off they go to turn in last seasons skis and be fitted for new skis, boots and bindings for the upcoming ski season! The countdown to opening day is on! xo

Ski The East

Less than one month until opening day! xo

And So It Begins

Today was the long awaited first day of ski team! The season was supposed to begin December 12th but due to less than stellar weather conditions the start was delayed until today. The girls are so excited and so honored to be part of the Dev Team at Wachusett Mountain this year! They will spend the next ten weeks perfecting their skills (and even getting a bit of a taste of what it's like on the ski racing team- something to aspire to down the road). 

They had an absolutely wonderful first day today! From 9:00-3:40 they are off with their coaches and teammates. Since we didn't get home until late last night we didn't pack them lunches as we normally will. Instead, we gifted each girl a card to use in the cafeteria today. Oh, how they loved having their own card and choosing their own lunches today! Since this would be the first time they were navigating a cafeteria situation without us we chatted with them about what to choose for lunch. Ultimately, of course, it was up to them, and so when we heard what they chose for lunch today we were very impressed (water, items from the salad bar and a sweet something for dessert)! 

David spent the day skiing and I spent the day hanging in the lodge. Normally he'll take them to practice each week, but with this being the first day I felt I needed to be there, too. There may be a few other times that I go for a half day, but since I'm not a skier and I don't have nearly enough to bring with me to fill about eight hours, it makes far more sense for him to take them. 

At the end of practice they both came off the mountain incredibly happy, incredibly tired and incredibly hungry. Once we got them a snack they perked up a fair amount and proceeded to tell us all about their day. Grace had quite a wipeout due to another skier completely crashing into her (she's ok thanks in part to her helmet, her coach and the ski patrol) and Emma and her (all girl) team came up with the perfect team name: Snowflake Girl Power! All in all it was an absolutely wonderful first day, and they are excitedly awaiting next Saturday already! xo