Happy Wednesday!
It’s been a tough week getting back into the swing of things, attempting to get well, and get caught up on ALL THE THINGS! Spring sports are all starting this week as well! Ready or not…SPRING IS HERE!
If you missed my post on Monday, my crew and I spent our Spring Break in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Today, I’m recapping the second half of our trip.
Monday morning, these cuties decided to take a day off from skiing. I liked the idea. 🙂
My parents took the day off as well and we drove them over to Vail to check out the town.
The weather was CHILLY, windy, and snowy so our plans of checking out the shops were not happening. Instead we found Imagination Station in Lionshead Village on the second level of the parking garage! I never would have found it alone, but a sweet lady pointed it out. It was the perfect spot to keep these kiddos entertained.
The area mostly had things for younger kiddos but there was a big art center with tables where we sat and played a few games.
Then it was Blue Moose Pizza time!
We all gave it two thumbs up!
Even this girl!
This was our family that last time we were in Vail during Spring Break. You can see in those pictures how I got all kinds of tricky with those passed down ski clothes. I could only find Ebby Lee’s old ski pants, not Nixon’s so I mentioned to Ebby Lee to please not say a word to Bowen about them being “girl pants”. It worked! And everyone was dressed perfectly. 🙂
After lunch, we stopped back by Imagination Station to grab their paintings that had dried while we ate. Britt found this spinning penny machine and really could have stayed in this spot for hours!
Meanwhile, outside…it was looking like this.
I know I don’t brag on this girl enough, but she is such a great big sister! She’s always down for some play time with her younger siblings and I’m so thankful for all her help!
So thankful for these three!
My boys who were skiing on the mountain decided to take a break at the Ritz for lunch and smores.
Then they were back at it for more!
We then made our way over to Vail Village, enjoyed the toy store, and loved seeing the ice skating rink.
We had an afternoon cup of coffee….errrr-smoothie if you’re under 35.
Miss Britt was all about the pose.
We had fun checking it all out with my parents.
That evening we went to the Ritz for smores and dinner. Can you tell she wasn’t mad about it?
When did she turn five?
Our party of eight…ready to celebrate! My mom turns sixty later this month and we decided we’d have a little birthday dinner to celebrate in Beaver Creek.
The Ritz has a fun arcade downstairs that kept the crazies occupied while we waited for our table.
Several of you asked about babysitters and I should have mentioned. I got the name of Care 4 Kids Babysitting Agency from a trusted friend who has a home in the Vail area, so I felt great about this agency. We used two different sitters…one on Sunday for Britt and one on Tuesday. We actually bumped into her sitter from Sunday in the arcade Monday night because she was watching other kiddos. Small world…right?!
I’ve also heard GREAT things about the Small World Nursery at Beaver Creek Village. I was too late booking this and it was full, but I’ve heard it’s a great option as well.
And finally-I would have signed Britt up for ski school but she wasn’t fully one hundred percent potty trained. We’re still working on this. Spring Break set us back! Next time, this girl will be on the slopes with us!
This was probably my FAVORITE meal! Buffalo’s at The Ritz Carlton-Bachelor Gulch…highly recommend in the Beaver Creek area! The atmosphere was fun, food was delicious, and there was so much to do to entertain the kiddos while we waited!
See? This cutie was a BIG Fan!
We surprised my mom with dessert and check out Ebby Lee’s excited face. What a way to end the night!
Tuesday morning I met my crew coming off the chair lift…can you spot them?
Nixon’s been on a few more ski trips than the other kiddos so he took no time at all warming up and was so sweet to remind me I was slowing us down. #boys
I only had two little mess ups on Ski Day #2…
1. Tab persuaded me to handle a blue because it’d be “so much quicker then taking all the greens down”. Well, let me tell you…when I was half way down the mountain, I realized this run was not in fact a blue but a BLACK! My green-run-loving-self couldn’t take it. I tried to convince Tab I would slide sideways down the mountain but that was really gonna take me HOURS so eventually I did the slide of shame and slid myself down that mountain on my hiney. #slideofshame
2. Bowen, Ebby Lee, and I had about an hour before we had to be back to relieve the sitter and get Britt. I saw an easy green run on the way back to the resort and decided we’d take it home. Easy Peasy. Right? Both of the kiddos fell and skis popped off behind me-which means UP the mountain. Ebby Lee managed to handle herself on her own but Bowen needed me to walk up the mountain to help him. This kind of thing is all Tab’s wheel house…I don’t possess enough ski skills to take care of myself and others! We were a MESS but we made it down the mountain with FIVE minutes to spare!
We were SO tired!
Everyone vegged out while I caught up on the previous night’s Bachelor episode.
Another afternoon, another cup of hot cocoa.
We ventured into Avon for dinner at Sauce on the Creek Tuesday night. The pizza and pasta were a HIT!
Sparklers one night and an outdoor movie the other? YES, please! Beaver Creek Village was showing a movie complete with blankets and hot apple cider.
This cutie…totally worth my sore legs for days later. 🙂
Wednesday was our last full day in Beaver Creek. Tab, Nixon, and Ebby Lee decided to ski one more day. The littles and I hung out in the room. We read, played, and just had the laziest/coziest day.
ALL THE HOT COCOA on this cold day!
If you saw my post yesterday, then you know at this point I was feeling yucky-totally thinking I had a bad cold {and later would learn it was flu #2}. We made the most of our night and headed home on Thursday morning.
Spring Break 2019 was one for the memory books! Such a great week together with our family!
Thank you so much for reaching today!
XO
