Ski Trip and Girls' Night

Nate took Ben skiing yesterday after school. This was only Ben’s second time skiing, but Nate figured that he would pick up where he left off last year and just make progress. No such luck. They pretty much started from ground zero. It took half the night to get to the point where it was actually fun, but by the end of the night Ben was doing great. I guess we’ll have to be more frequent skiers if we want to avoid spending half of the time in teaching mode.

The girls and I had a fun night. We picked up takeout from Maple Express and stopped at redbox on the way home to get Tinker Bell. After our yummy Chinese dinner, we got in our PJs and watched the movie. Emily and Elise both gave running commentary throughout. Emily mostly just said how beautiful everything was, but Elise was actually talking to the characters “What are you thinking Tinker Bell?!? I wouldn’t do that if I were you!” She was cracking me up. Abby has just started to really watch movies with us. She is funny too. Whenever there is some tension on screen (as much as can be expected from a G-rated Disney movie), she’ll turn to me with wide eyes and an “oh no” expression and kind of hyperventilate. She’s a drama queen in the making.