Whistler! (The Middle)

Parks has decided that we won't go home for at least 45 days. Or maybe ever. But we won't live here, he said.

This has been our best trip to Whistler so far with the kids. Maybe it's because we can finally all (barely) fit in a room together. (In the past, Everly has always slept in a pack n play in the bathroom because we could fit it in there and so she could be by herself without us waking her up). Or maybe it's because we're all healthy this year (except Tuesday when Parks got a weird high fever, slept from 4-8 pm, then stayed up and watched a movie and was better by the morning). Or maybe it's because we can all (almost) ski together this year. The kids are jazzed about skiing, jazzed about the hot tub every night, and jazzed about ice skating, hot chocolate at restaurants and lunches in the lodge. In general they are jazzed about everything Whistler. And I can't blame them. It has been heaven here.

Everly took this picture of Parks getting ready for a walk into the village and I thought she did a pretty good job!

Evie pining for skiing on our day off.
A walk into town.

The Village.

Ice skating. Evie was so unimpressed in the beginning.

Everly had a melt-down after ice skating and this moment of loving snuggle my mom captured is one of my new favorite photos.Hot chocolate break!

Just like the treehouse, we could hardly contain our excitement when we found a castle (A SKIING PRINCESS CASTLE!) off of a run. Complete with more twisty slides.

That superimposed looking bird sitting on Parker's glove is the real deal. Yes, we fed the birds at the castle, just like something straight out of Snow White.

Everly's turn to feed the birds.So, Everly gets a lot of encouragement when she skis. A tiny two year old in pink from head to toe is hard to miss. On top of that, she's been skiing without her reigns more and more and she also likes to follow Parks everywhere. Everly skiing under signs and into trails through the trees brings on a lot of hooting and hollering from other skiers and especially the tough guy snow boarders (who knew?!). And Everly eats it up.

A mid-run break.

One of their absolute, favorite things, hands down. The gondola.

Post-skiing painting. I brainstormed QUIET activities to bring after learning a few things over the past few years. :)