Frosty ninjas.

My kids are a wee bit obsessed with American Ninja Warrior and the Netflix's version of the show Beastmaster. They can't walk from the living to the kitchen without making it into an obstacle course consisting of jumping from couch to couch, then the dining room table and leaping to a strategically placed cushion on the floor...because of course you can't touch the floor...every ninja knows that. 

Hiking has now taken on a new appeal with the mountains being nature's own obstacle course. The kids loved hiking at Lynn Valley because they got to parkour all the rocks...it also took twice as long because of course ninjas can't walk on the trail, they have to leap from rock to log and climb up all the trees...

They also had to bring their Beanie Boo dragons of course....every ninja needs a dragon side kick. We had to make lots of stops along the way because the dragons needed to see if it was a good place for their den...

 It was sunny but still so cold that there were icicles on the rocks and layer of ice frozen in between the rocks. The kids quickly switched from pretending to be ninjas to "Kristoff" from Frozen and pretend to be ice harvesters. When we hiked to the part to the huge staircase they pretended it was the staircase to Elsa's castle. I love it.

 Daddy packed hot chocolate and Mommy packed biscotti refueling ninjas to keep parkouring along the trail.

 No need to bribe the kids with intermittent gummy breaks. The little ninjas were happy to find the next rock or the next icicle. So nice to enjoy nature's ninja course together as a family...even if it takes two and half hours to hike 6 km, I am glad these little frosty ninjas were happy to hike together.