I don't mind the snow. In fact, I was kind of missing it after moving from Burlington, Vermont, to Portland, Oregon, in October. My kids were missing it, too. It almost never snows in Portland, but apparently we moved right before one of those fluke snowy years. It's been snowing on and off since Thursday, with no end in site. In Vermont, that would be fine. In Oregon, they don't really plow. They just don't have the infrastructure in place since it snows so rarely. So we're making the best of the #snowpocalypse that Portland is experiencing.
We've discovered a new sport, too. Urban Night Skiing. Yeah, it's exactly what it sounds like. My husband is an avid skier. When we looked at this house on a crazy hill, the very first thing he said to me was that if we moved here, he was going to ski down the hill (a mini Kitzbuhel) the first time it snowed. He kept his word.
And then my daughter had to ski down our road just like her dad.
Since it was still snowing on Friday (more than 24 hours later), hubby skied down again. Since there was more snow accumulation, it was even more fun. He could go faster and made fewer sparks from his skis and poles hitting some bare and thing spots on the road.
And since there's so much snow, we basically have our own slope-side ski residence.
The kids have also been singing their own new lyrics to “Do You Wanna Build a Snowman” from Disney's Frozen.
Do you wanna build a snowman? Come on let's go and play? We never see snow anymore, not since we moved away. It only ever rains here, but there's snow today, I wonder how long it'll stay? Do you wanna build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman…
Jana
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Renée ♥ says
Oh My Gosh, that looks like fun!!! I never learned to ski and have always regretted it – so glad my kids learned. Stay warm!
Jana says
It was fun to watch. I don’t ski enough that I wanted to bother hiking to ski, but they had a blast!
Marlynn @UrbanBlissLife says
Urban Night Skiing, FTW! SO fun!
Pech says
What fun to be able to ski in your own neighborhood! I also enjoyed all the white fluffy stuff we got so conveniently to make for a long weekend and its not overstaying! It looks like you made some great memories
Kimberly Flickinger says
I love Vermont, beautiful scenery, definitely need to make it back there one day. I bet you miss living there.