Seeking Out Snow in Garmisch

This winter has been extremely mild and, trust me, I'm not complaining! That said, we were still hoping to have a chance to play in the snow -- our search brought us to Garmisch-Partenkirchen over Presidents Day weekend. What did we find? Some snow but mostly more mild winter weather. Although the view from our room wasn't too shabby!

We planned this trip with the Jollys and us adults had planned to go skiing but since I wasn't confident enough in my skiing skills to make it on slushy, icy snow, I left the others to it and watched Ellie and Quinn (Lyla was in ski school!). The kids were perfectly behaved and got along very well.

The weather even hit 60 (this is winter?) degrees that day so we spent most of the afternoon at the park, playing with the melting snow, until the everyone else got back from skiing.

Our dinner excursion the first night -- everywhere was packed, so we enjoyed Plammkuchen (flat bread baked with cheese and other various toppings) al fresco!

We stayed at Edelweiss Lodge, a hotel that caters to the American military. They had some Presidents Day events for the weekend, including the ever-popular bouncy castle!

More mountain views (before our drive out):

There were bright moments, but it wasn't our most stellar weekend. Three reared its head that weekend, with Ellie having several moments of not great behavior. It was exhausting and frustrating and on our last night we had to bow out of dinner at a delicious local German restaurant with the Jollys. Traveling with a three-year-old can definitely be challenging at times, but here's hoping the next one is a little easier! :)