Yeah! It's Guest Post Monday! (That's what I am calling it now.) One of the many lovely folks I've met on Twitter is Marghanita. Marghanita Hughes is a children’s book author, illustrator and the creator of the award winning Little Humbugs. She is passionate about encouraging our children’s interest in the guardianship of The Earth we share. She strongly believes that children can influence change. Her Mission is to deliver this positive message to them through the delightful characters in her enchanting stories.

If you visit her blog you will be delighted by her photography. Through her photos and illustrations she really does capture the magic of the natural world.

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Last week we got dumped on. Yeah! Snow on the ground in November makes me very happy. Rumor has it that it is going to be warm this week, so we had to take advantage of the fluffy, white happiness.

We pulled out our sled and head for the hills. Well, a little hill in the park. I can't wait until my boys are big enough to slide down some bigger hills, but I get the feeling that when they are, it will just scare me.

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It's my birthday and I am officially in my late 30s. How did that happen?

To celebrate, I plan to take the kids cross-country skiing this weekend. They are too young to ski, but I'm not, so I'll pull them in the Chariot Carrier.

This will be the first post on teaching kids to cross-country ski. I hope to have some video at some point, but my videographer (aka my husband) is pretty busy these days and I just can't figure out how to hold the camera and film myself skiing at the same time!

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You hardly need to read a post about sledding; it's the simplest thing in the world.

1. Get a sled
2. Climb a snowy hill
3. Sit on the sled
4. Point sled downhill and go
5. Get a face full of snow and fun

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Learning skills and techniques is so much more fun when you don’t realize you are doing it. By playing games on cross-country skis your kids will learn to start, stop, turn, maintain balance, climb and descend hills and all the other things you need to know to be successful on skis.

As they are becoming more comfortable on skis, your little ones won’t even notice they are in a ski lesson.

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Rather than focusing on technique with new Nordic skiers, focus on fun. I find it best to let new skiers loose without many instructions. Let them get used to the feel of sliding on snow and moving about with giant shoes.

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