Winter Adventures

Its's been a freezing cold winter, and I swear the 10 days have all been sub-zero. We've had school cancelled due to the cold, Teddy home sick 3 days for 2 different illnesses, and 2 planned days off school. So this beautiful poem was still ringing true ...

But today was finally above zero the entire day! So we got plenty of fresh air and getting rid of some of our stir craziness. 

We started the day with Teddy's second skiing lesson! He remembered so much of what he learned last time and was building off that with more work on turns and learning to feel his edges. His instructor Eric was absolutely amazing with him yet again - he's beyond incredible! We also had company, as my dad and aunt drove 2 hours to come watch his lesson, and Dave stopped by on his way to the land. My family really shows up, and it means so much to me (and clearly Teddy!). 

Look at those smiles!

This afternoon we tried something new ... ice skating! And Teddy loved it! We're pretty lucky that we have a little ice skating area at our local park with free skate rentals, so it was an easy way to try something new. We didn't stay on skates super long because he got tired within a half hour (understandable!), but he was wanting to go back again before we even left. So perhaps we'll make our way there again tomorrow afternoon. Ice skating is actually also really good for him to practice for skiing, as it mimics that glide action for moving skis. Plus, so many people are wobbly like baby giraffes on ice skates, so Teddy kind of blends right in with the rest of the folks holding on for dear life.

First time on ice skates, and he loved it!

Days like these remind me why we enjoy living in Wisconsin. Great people, supportive community and fun winter hobbies.