Whistler Vacation

We just got back from a week-long vacation in Whistler, BC. We try to do something special for the kids’ birthdays and birthday #8 is earmarked as a destination vacation. Emma turned 8 on the 5th and things worked out for us to celebrate in Whistler. Here are some comments in the kids’ journals:

“We went to Whistler in Canada where there was lots of snow. Mom bought us a red sled and three ‘magic carpets’ (rectangle plastic sheets with cut out handles)! And boy were they fun! You could steer side ways and still keep going forwards (you could slide down the hill sideways all the way down unless you tuned back into position – you turn by leaning). Once we went to a park and there was a hill with a slide that went all the way to the bottom. So we sledded on it – it was like a ski jump!” [Caleb, age 10]

“My favorite part of the trip was ice skating, swimming, climbing, sledding and playing.” [Emma, the birthday girl]

Colin [age 6] drew pictures in his journal of sliding and sledding at Helicopter Park as well as the whirlpool at the Meadow Park Sports Centre pool.