Great stuff that makes the few extra dollars spent well
worthwhile. There is an analogy I like that says "pain is temporary -
memories are forever" the same sometimes applies to spending money and we
truly believe it today, plus we haven't even fallen on our asses on the slopes
yet...
What a mission to get the boys ready. It was like central
station in the locker room, nowhere to sit and get ready, we couldn't get Mav's
boots on, we couldn't find poles, the floor was wet (we thought it would be a
good idea to wear our socks down rather than take shoes and leave them there)
Nat was getting impatient, the boys were getting antsy & Dad was trying to
keep a smile on.....we got there in the end.
When dropping the boys off at Thredboland, Mav started to cry, we knew
that would happen, Zander just took off
and was all good but uncharacteristically today, not Mav.
There are little holes you can look through to see them
after they go in, he spotted me and blew up again. I looked at Nat who was 3
quarters of the way out the door with a frown saying "Come on!!" as
if to say "don't worry about him, he'll be fine in 5 minutes, we have a
day to ourselves so pull your head in!!" I think she has done this
'dropping the kids at school' thing before !!!
Out at the lesson, whilst we have only ski'd once before,
it did come back easily enough. We were able to remember how to stop and turn
then ski'd until basically 2pm (after a short break for lunch) I won the day
for most time spent with bum in the snow - about 10, Nat didn't go over once
but my excuse was that I could crawl quicker than she was skiing!!!!
We had a great day together without the little terrors
which was brilliant, finishing with a few beers and the first half of the AFL
Grand Final in the pub before we picked the boys up.
During the day we saw the boys come out and do their
lessons. They are so cute on the snow, all given little Thredboland singlets to
signify them as that group which was cool. They don't allow poles, and like us
are shown how to stop and turn which was great. At the top of the "magic
carpet" lift, I saw them as I was coming down the hill, Zander was all
thumbs up to Daddy as he forgot to stop and ploughed straight into the
instructor, but when Mav eyeballed me he started to blow up. "Good one
Daddy" Nat said at the bottom as she waited for me. She'd seen them too
but didn't let them see her on the way down, whereas I stopped of course to
take photos and Mav got upset and wanted Daddy.
Nat made a good point in that we have been living in a
confined area with them for 5 months & particularly with Mav, she thinks
the separation thing might continue for a little while when we get home. Zander
has also mentioned a couple of times he will be sad when Daddy goes back to
work every day and he won't get to see me. I am sure they will get over it
pretty quickly.
We were blessed with continual snow throughout the day,
not only does it look spectacular when it settles upon everything, it makes the
skiing thing that little more special. At one stage on the lift going up it was
teaming down, (if that is the snow term) and by the time we got to the top we
were both covered in snow, which was cold but cool. I subsequently went ass up
coming off the chairlift much to Nat's amusement. Legendary stuff from the big
Mann.
We were a little sore and sorry by the time we picked up
the boys so we went back and watched the end of the footy, Funniest Home Videos
& by 7:45pm we were all asleep with the lights out and our mouths open.....
In summary it was a terrific day & we have one more
tomorrow.
Jase.
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