Everyday Life

We've been getting back into our more normal routine after the craziness of the holidays.  I worked nearly the entire two weeks the kids had off and I was pretty worn out by the end of it...especially with temps below 0 degrees!!  Yeah...with temps like that it makes teaching children how to ski quite difficult.  Our children's yurt was filled to the brim with cold crying children that needed to take breaks...(believe me, I was about to cry with them...I live in Utah, but there is still a little CA girl in me).  And we went through hot chocolate and hand warmers like there was no tomorrow.  

But we survived and now this week we are experiencing a bit of a heat wave with temps in the upper 40's!!

 40's...pretty much barefoot in the snow type of weather.

I've been trying to do more baking this month and trying out new recipes.

 Like these...Good Morning Muffins from The Pioneer Woman.

I've been watching her shows on Netflix and everything she makes looks so good!

And really, everything that I've tried of hers comes out delicious...I'm a fan.

And speaking of cooking...

 ...it's becoming more and more challenging with my limited counter space.

I'm sure this is not a new thing and kids all over the world love to sit on counters...(although, I don't ever remember doing it myself when I was little).  But my kids LOVE sitting, crawling around, standing (sometimes) on my counters!  I'll tell them to get down but then there they are again!  And Rory is like a little monkey...she can climb onto it without the use of a stool or anything.

In other news, we signed Haley and Morgan up for ski school.  It's a six week program through their elementary school.  Every week they'll get taken out of school a few hours early and head up the mountain for 2 1/2 hours of ski instruction.  It's a pretty neat program.  However, today was the first day and I was so full of anxiety!!  It's a lot of responsibility, they are in charge of everything...skis, poles, boots, helmets, goggles, gloves...also changing clothes, making it to the bus....sheesh! Yeah, I was a total stress case.  In these cases it is very hard for me to let go of being in (somewhat) control.  I need to let them spread their little wings and learn on their own...but it's so hard for me!!!  I'm a worrier...that's just what I do.

Morgan loading onto the bus on her way up the mountain.

I'm happy to report that their first day went very well, except for some technical difficulties with Haley's ski, but we'll get that taken care of before next week.  Haley (along with her bestie) and Morgan are all in the same group, which is nice!  So here's to five more weeks...hopefully I won't be a stress case for all of them!

And speaking of skiing....

....I'm going in for my Children's Specialist in PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America).

I have a seminar next week, a workbook to complete and then an on snow evaluation at the end of the month.

Wish me luck.