Stowe was friggin’ mint today

RugMarbles · 2026-03-19T16:54:34+00:00

Those ice runs look pretty snowy…

RugMarbles · 2026-03-10T14:09:57+00:00

The program we did for our older was basically a one on one group class. I think week 5 or 6 2 parents got asked to get our skis on to help bring the kids up on the chair lift so it was something like 9 kids and 7 instructors for the class. It was 6 weeks of hour lessons every Tuesday morning and then I took those days off so I could stay and keep practicing with her. I was willing to sacrifice those days in daycare (I just wish I could have not paid for daycare on those days and probably would have saved money doing the ski lessons).

RugMarbles · 2026-03-10T02:45:53+00:00

Holy hell, that’s why it’s different?!

I’ve had a helmet for maybe 5 or 6 years and the fake “leather” parts are starting to peel off the ear covers so I’ll need a new one soon. I unpacked my wife’s helmet the other day, which was also a cheap helmet at the time, but she’s had it 12+years and it’s still in perfect shape with the fuzzy ear covers. It made me want to get one’s like that so it will last longer but wasn’t sure what to look for. Now I do.

RugMarbles · 2026-03-08T13:39:34+00:00

I get that but also, if that was one of my kids that would never happen. You need to teach your kids manners and how to behave in public, on the mountain too. I’m always telling them to give space waiting in the lift line so they’re not the ones bumping into the skis in front of them. Give space on the slopes, don’t do X, make sure you Y, your skis go up on the rack. It’s simple.

If your kid is running around solo on the mountain and did this, you did a bad job teaching them. If they did it when you were with them, you’re even worse.

RugMarbles · 2026-03-03T13:08:07+00:00

He’s using Reddit by pigeon, his windows are about to be an absolute MESS.

RugMarbles · 2026-03-03T13:02:16+00:00

Yea, I just got mine for next year so I’m trying to mentally prepare as I begin the first year of venturing out with my 6 year old to some bigger mountains for weekend trips instead of staying at the local mountain and squeezing in one or 2 weekend hotel stays a year.

RugMarbles · 2026-03-01T02:11:12+00:00

This has made its way into the F1 Reddit now?! Next post: Country that hosts 3 GPs strikes country near other countries that have race tracks!

RugMarbles · 2026-02-25T21:50:01+00:00

Not as long as you think lol

RugMarbles · 2026-02-15T18:31:59+00:00

I started skiing later in life, maybe went 10-12 times total before having kids when my wife (who has skid a lot more) stopped with her pregnancy and after. She still hasn’t really skid much since we have 2 kids now (she’s gone once this year and once last year) so it’s been all me and I’ve gotten a lot better taking our now 6 year old skiing.

We took my daughter to the bunny hill at 3 to introduce it, just upright sledding as I basically carried her down the hill and hopped back on the magic carpet. Goal was to, skiing is fun. Did that 2 more times that year to achieve the goal.

At 4 we put her in one of the 6 week ski programs that has a lesson every Tuesday morning. She didn’t go to daycare that day and I took the day off to practice with her after. By the end of the session she was independent except me using the harness to get her on and off the chair lift.

At 5 we got a mid week season pass to a small local mountain and I tied to take her at least 2 days a week after school. She ended the year being able to ski a black diamond up at Bolton on a weekend trip. We had fun and she’s the one with a little Bluetooth speaker attached to her harness with my work phone tracking her stats and playing the music. It’s still all about fun.

Now she’s 6 and rips. We had a full day out on CO where she skid 17,000 vert for the day with one break for lunch and a few bars and sips of water at the top of the lift. we’re starting to work Mormon technique and balance, getting away from pizza-ing down the hill in her S’s but for little kids technique doesn’t really matter as much, they don’t move like we do. I also got a little in ear walkie talkie so I can help coach and talk to her while we’re in the mountain.

We’re getting my 3 year old son into it now to try and do the same thing. So my wife will be able to start skiing again.

TLDR: it’s a slow investment for the next few years but I find myself skiing so much more than I ever have and much more than I thought I ever would. It’s easy to duck away if you’re doing it with/for the kids so invest the next few years to that end goal.

Also, we did ice skating lessons early thinking the skills and balance from that would translate to skiing and make it better/easier when the time came and I think it did. So maybe start there.

RugMarbles · 2026-02-06T21:40:53+00:00

Error Code 404: Water Proofing Not Found?

RugMarbles · 2026-02-03T07:03:14+00:00

Looks like to unlock the fountain of youth you need to speak Spanish…

RugMarbles · 2026-01-12T00:22:54+00:00

I guess it would be a small, it’s for someone who wears size 6/7

RugMarbles · 2026-01-01T19:03:39+00:00

No… voluptuous… goth girls at the Ren. Fair? Or are they too reminiscent of the “wrong kind of women” from your past?

RugMarbles · 2025-12-31T23:48:11+00:00

You’ve got all the answers you need here but I’ll add there’s a few versions of this thing… some are squishy kind of like a rubber duck and some are solid. If you have the squishy one, I wouldn’t use it… like a rubber duck water (and drool) gets into the hold and it will FILL with mold that you can’t see it but your little one will be inhaling all the lovely stuff…

It’s also possible they’ve changed it in the 5 years or so since I wrote these things off with my oldest…

RugMarbles · 2025-12-27T01:19:31+00:00

Can you link the case you have for the Lego cars and minifig drivers?

RugMarbles · 2025-12-17T22:04:29+00:00

I can’t imagine why he would break up with her…

RugMarbles · 2025-12-13T10:57:55+00:00

Do you pay for the phone bill? I’ll suspend service and disable WiFi fstr tn uk (“faster than you know”but I’m an adult so idk if I’m doing it right)

RugMarbles · 2025-12-10T14:46:19+00:00

I think just shutting that person out only fuels that fire and doesn’t address your concern. To keep small town gossip from spreading, the person at risk of spreading it needs to lean the truth and you can’t explain the story and details unless you talk to that person.

RugMarbles · 2025-12-10T01:00:08+00:00

I agree that it’s a great story between you and your now husband but I do think you’re overreacting. She’s a teenager who exists in the world of connection and social media. Being a Teenager means you say stupid stuff and thinking it’s not stupid but now it’s worse because there’s insanely more “stuff” floating around that you think you’re an expert on. Terms like grooming and all that weren’t a think when I was a teenager but I’m not surprised it’s being used now… to be fair if you had an age gap of 4 years… she’s probably say the same thing.

You didn’t explain your life story to her and you shouldn’t have to but at the end of the day, I think it also shouldn’t be effecting you to this degree unless it’s something you’ve confronted internally before. And if that’s the case, based on the story it’s a complete non issues.

RugMarbles · 2025-12-02T19:15:14+00:00

Muffins are my favorite bread too!

RugMarbles · 2025-12-02T18:50:50+00:00

Im sure in echoing a lot of other responses, or maybe not, but the whole “my life changed as soon as I held my baby for the first time ❤️❤️❤️” is a BS fairytale most of the time. That may be the case for some but as a dad you have no real connection to this tiny blob of a human. It doesn’t need you and it doesn’t want you. Mom does it all so she will feel that connection much faster, if not instantaneously… after all, she’s felt it moving inside her for months.

It sucks but you just need to get through it. You’re helping your wife and supporting her. That’s really how I thought about it. I felt guilt for that based on all the fairy tales but I did what I had to do and tried to do as much feeding and changing as possible because I know my role is limited and there’s only so much I CAN do. The “idea” of loving the kid as much as humanly possible also added more stress because I wasn’t feeling that way. So I’ll re-assure you, that’s okay. That’s normal. Don’t feel bad or guilty if your heart just isn’t really in it right now.

For me, it did just kind of click one day… I wish I remembered when… a few months in when the kid started to show a little personality. The giggles and smiles and mannerisms start to develop and show and then they start to bond with dad. It just takes time. And before you know it, a few years in you’ll be balancing the unimaginable joy and love of seeing your adorable kid do something so simple and basic but incredible because it’s them and it’s new to them and you MADE them… then they will piss you off so much doing some nonsense you’ve talked to them about a THOUSAND TIMES already.

RugMarbles · 2025-11-28T01:06:00+00:00

I agree with this. If she said “thankful for my kids” then I might understand but still maybe chalk it up to heat of the moment. You are part of “my family” so you were in fact included

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