Last weekend I took Wayne and Cole to Burke Mountain for their first ski lesson. It was a beautiful day and the last day of our vacation.
Learning the basics.
For the first lesson, they like them to learn without poles.
After learning the basics, they line up for the j-bar.
An interesting point: Cole did not fall at all while skiing, but he did manage to fall off the j-bar twice.
They went up and down the j-bar about a million times. If we had rented helmets, they could have gone on the lift, but when I signed up for rentals, I did not realize that helmets were not included in our package price, and actually cost quite a bit extra. I figured they'd be ok on the j bar slope without.
So in this picture below, you can see they guy in blue, behind the orange fence. He was their instructor. It was a group lesson, but luckily it just worked out that W and C were the only ones in that group! Wayne is just behind him and Cole is lower, looking like he's trying to stop.
They both did a great job. I was amazed at how quickly they learned. I thought of Estelle and Lena as I marvelled at some really young kids zipping around comfortably on their skis and snowboards.
So in this picture below, you can see they guy in blue, behind the orange fence. He was their instructor. It was a group lesson, but luckily it just worked out that W and C were the only ones in that group! Wayne is just behind him and Cole is lower, looking like he's trying to stop.
Back home, more xc skiing.
Then on Wednesday, a big snowstorm hit our area, causing us to have 2 days off from school.
Spike and I went for a snowshoe and met up with Joanie.
Thursday morning, our 2nd snow day home from school, playing in the snowbanks.
Heather and Cole buried Wayne in the snow.
Spike was worried about Wayne being buried.
So, we've been making the best out of these last weeks of winter, but we are fresh out of syrup and looking forward to sugar season.
We have lots of extra syrup over here...as soon as we are both plowed out, I will bring some over, or else snowshoe it over!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to see pictures of the boys on Burke, taking to it so easily. I guess you could not have chosen a better time to have XC skiis around--lots of snow and lots of days off!
It was not that hard snowshoeing at all today, and I did open up some of the trails if you head down in the woods. Looks like everyone, Spike too, has been enjoying the new two feet (of snow!)
Joanie
How wonderful that Wayne and Cole had their first ski lesson! I thought Wayne looked incredibly tall and laughed about Cole falling off the J bar!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics of all three playing in the snow!
Estelle and Léna loved SO MUCH looking at all these blogs posts of their cousins in the snow. Estelle whispered, several times, "quelle chance" = meaning "they are SO lucky".
ReplyDeleteLéna really liked it when Cole fell on the snowbank. They both burst out giggling when they saw that photo.
Estelle and Julie both agree that staying on a T-bar is not easy at ALL. Julie particularly fears T-bars and managed to ski for 6 days avoiding all T-bars and using only chairlifts. :-) Estelle says "I'm better than Mommy". (then she clarifies with "...at skiing".)
Thomas says 'Those photos makes me want to play hockey on the pond and organize a game."
Léna says 'I liked it when they played on the ice."
Estelle says "It's like funny that Wayne goes on those things, the moto thing". (she means snowmobile).
Léna liked it when "Heather fell and Spike was there."
GREAT blog!
So glad that the kids are loving skiing! Kids have no fear! The hardest part is mastering the T bar!! What wonderful photos of snowshoe romp through the woods. Snow is beautiful! Love that the kids still love to play on the banks!!
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