The other night we had a full moon and I asked if anyone wanted to go skiing in the moonlight. They were all keen to go and although it took quite awhile to get outdoors, we were bundled up warmly. We finally got over to the field and were about 20 feet off the road when Lovey & Honey changed their minds.
Sweetie was still keen so Murray took the other two home and we kept going. We had to make our own trail as the rain & snow storms we'd had got rid of our old tracks. We fell down a bit but had a good time and came home after awhile.
I'm not sure they're going to develop the love of this activity that I'd hoped! We've had several outings and each time someone has ended up quitting and giving up! After chasing them around, getting them ready, helping them to dress, getting the gear out and lugging it to the starting point, we spend at least an hour on the getting ready part. When the skiing part is 10 minutes or less, it's pretty frustrating!
The next day we went to my parents and again spent a ridiculous amount of time getting ready for a ski & Murray loaded everything into the car. There's a trail near my parents and we thought we'd ski for a bit & then go there for our weekly family dinner.
When we were almost there, Murray asked them if they wanted to ski or just go straight to
Grammie &
Grandad's. Their enthusiastic response was very flattering..... to the grandparents. Not a single one had the least bit of interest in our "family togetherness" plans! They dropped us like a hot potato. We didn't bother to fight it and left them at the house & Murray & I went back & spent an hour exploring the woods! Pretty cheap date and scream/whine free! :)))
