Posh Ice: Or, How to Ski with Kids in Tow
Emily Miles Terry and Ame Mahler Beanland

Remember those days when you and your main squeeze (now hubby) would fly down the ski slopes? Flashing your Ray-Bans and Bogner stretch pants, you always managed to have your feet up by a roaring fire at a trendy après ski joint by sundown.

You had to go and get knocked up, didn’t you? And no one is better than Junior at turning a simple ski trip into what seems like a trek to the top of Everest and back.

For those of us who are like the proverbial Princess and the Pea when it comes to skiing -- you love to swoosh down the mountain, but only when your boots are comfy (and cute), and there's a nice chocolate martini at the end of the day's run -- we’ve come up with the rules for managing family ski trips and avoiding meltdowns on the mountain.