Ski Wednesday

Joe & Annissa

A couple of weeks ago Joe and Ben had a day off school/kindy so I could take them up to Porter's ski field for our first ever ski lesson!  Louise had chivvied a group of us to have a go so we went up en masse - 5 adults and 6 children.  Unfortunately Matt had to work as he has recently changed jobs within the council.

We were promptly booked into our lessons and kitted out with the gear.  The children had a group lesson, while Carole and I had a lesson together.  Just walking up the track to the nursery slope was pretty tiring and we weren't all that confident.  However, the instructor was pretty patient and we soon were 'zooming ????' down the slope and using the magic carpet to get back up.  We even managed a bit of turning before the end of the lesson.  The boys took to it pretty quickly, as did Annissa and Josh too.  Joe was whizzing along and even stopping effectively.  Ben sits down when he feels he is going too fast - works a treat!

Looking the part

We had lunch after our lessons and the wind got up so it got really cold and the bacon almost refused to cook!  The children weren't up for a repeat ski so we tempted them back out of the cars with the sledges.  Once back at the slope the sun came out and their enthusiasm returned!  We got another couple of hours skiing in and the boys had a hoot!  Tracy took me up to the next slope and I spent a lot of time making snow angels and carving out tracks with my back!  Luckily there is no photographic evidence!
None of us can wait until we can have another go!  Saving those pennies!

Ben, Josh and Joe

Last Sunday we went back to the mountains but stuck to sledging - not a great deal of snow off the slopes so we built a snowman!

Blogger is now having a spazzy fit and I can't upload the other video of Joe, despite 4 attempts over 24 hours.  Will try again another day!