I think we are definitely a proper ski family now!
Katie has been on the TSV Oberhaching Ski Course where she hops on the bus on Wednesday and Friday for two weeks running, along with lots of other tiny skiers and they go off to Lenggries and have a great time. The weather was lovely on Wednesday so I decided to go down as well with Alex so I could teach him to stop and turn - quite important in being able to successfully ski!
We had a lovely morning and my mission was a total success as he skied form the small lift and them just wanted to go through the tunnels (all about speed!) I told him we couldn't go onto the T-bar until he could stop. He soon learnt. Then we went up the T-bar and I skied with him between my legs until about half way down. He was such a silly and didn't want to ski by himself as obviously he goes faster with me and it's easier. Then suddenly he notices the big humps of snow made by the snow cannons and wants to go fast over them! Such a boy. So that was it. It all clicked and he hasn't looked back.
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| Tea break |
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| And he's off! |
I hardly saw Katie as she was whizzing about all over the place with her group. She's in the top group this year and totally chuffed.
We also went down on Lenggries on Friday as it was race and presentation day. It was lovely watching all the kids whizz about then get their medals.
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| Serious skier |
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| Pizza pizza! |
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| Off with her group |
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| Alex loves the tunnels |
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| Presentation time |
The bus went off and Katie, Alex and I did a couple more runs with Verena, Lina and Clara before heading home.
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| skiing with our lovely neighbours |
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| Lina, Clara, Alex and Katie |
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| On the T-bar together |
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| About to go home |
So after Alex getting to grips with the whole ski thing we decided to go for a family ski today. We went to Scheffau and had such a lovely time. Everyone was happy. The sun shone. It was a little on the warm side but was so relaxing. We are so lucky to have happy ski kinders.
