Ava is definitely a skier. These are videos from our neighbor, whose son Max in yellow was skiing with Ava.

Rosemary is not quite a downhill skier. So far she has a lot more interest in cross-country skiing. Daddy tried on the bunny hill, but it was mostly a disaster. She's just not into it.

Rosemary is, however, into the toy store...

 birthday parties...

 bacon...

collecting alder and hemlock cones....

 and watching her sister sled with Daddy

Aforementioned sledding:

 Races. The dog raced, too.

Taking a break on the last day of Jr Nordic

Recent Ava art. She's into dragons and castles.

Slug

Part of the art for Mommy's birthday

Making an illustration for Daddy's teaching materials about a statistics problem

The hair dryer was used in preparation of rolled beeswax candles. Rosemary wanted to pose with both the dryer and the candles.

Spring snowman at the park with neighbors

Snow plow-derived snow pile

park with neighbors

Ski with friends (short duration)

The girls piled up lots of blankets on the cough, folded down. Sprig approved.

Ski 4 Kids cross country ski event

Rosemary and a friend posing by a cutout of Anchorage native and Olympic gold medalist Kikkan Randall

Rosemary and her friend skiing

Ava finished her first race, a 3k

 Ava chatted with a friend the whole race. Daddy skied with them.

Gnoshing on biscuit

 Ceremonial start to the Iditarod

 Marine mammal vertebrae

 Met up with friends for the Anchorage Symphony's family concert

 post-concert pizza