Snow

There has been great excitement in the UK at the moment due to snow.  Funny how you get used to it being normal.  It would be abnormal if there was no snow here in January.

However, it appears that both our children like snow and snow activities which is good.

Last year, skiing suddenly "clicked" with Katie - the last day of the season!  She was so keen and had fun with her ski teacher but with us she wouldn't listen, then all of a sudden, bingo!  So this year she has been brill.  I have taken her a couple of times to Lenggries which is a perfect place for small children and families.  However, we had a bit of an adventure because I decided we would go up on the next drag lift but then as I am a rubbish navigator we ended up in the basin of the main ski area so we went up on the chair lift all the way to the top. Hmmm. . . . Well she was dead excited to be at the top and started coming down ok but hen suddenly she was too tired and too scared.  I think it must have looked very scary to a small person.  So we came down the whole rest of the way with me skiing with her between my legs!  I was exhausted.  She was so brave but quite scared.  Fortunately it hasn't put her off and we went again but I promised not to take her to the top!  She's doing really well.

Then we have been to Ellmau for the weekend and she did a run with Matt and was super.

This last week she has hopped on a bus two days with a bunch of other kindergarten children and gone off for ski lessons!  The last two are this week, but the temperature is set to rise so might not be so good.

Katie at the top before getting scared

Sledging yesterday

Alex is not as keen as Katie was at 2 1/2 to ski but he had a try on them at Ellmau and was ok.  He definitely has stronger legs than she did at the same age.  I think we'll try him again when we go for out ski holiday next Saturday.  He has, however become much tougher the last few months and really enjoys playing in the snow. It's nice as last year he wasn't that keen at all.

Alex testing out skis

Excited at being in the mountains

Yesterday we had a great afternoon.  We went down just to our local small hill and spent two and a half hours sledging. It was a glorious sunny afternoon and so lovely in the sunshine. No one got cold either.   Alex was quite kamikaze and I'm sure he's got braver because Katie is.  He was super, whizzing down the slope and the falling in the snow.  Katie's friend William joined us with his dad and they raced down the slope. Then Katie met a 10 year old boy called Anton who was going down a steeper slope and flying over a bump at the bottom.  Katie was keen to join him and she was great!

Alex doing a happy dance!

Katie and William whizzing

Having a break from sledging

So the children have been having fun in the snow and Matt and I have had a few skis too, with Magda.  And last weekened we stayed the night at Ellmau and both had a ski. It's great Nigel isn't a keen skier so is happy to potter and be my donkey carrying skis and stuff.

 

Me and Magda

Two videos (if they work!)  Katie skiing, and Katie on the sledge jumping.

And now we have out Kinderhotel ski week to look forward to a week on Saturday.  A bit extravagant but I'm sure we all deserve it.