Winter school holidays are generally pretty boring, so it was nice to see the snow come tumbling down half-way through the holidays. To celebrate, I decided we should test out our new skis. First, we tried them on in the loungeroom ...
... but that didn't really satisfy any of us. So, we got up early on a Thursday morning and headed to Selwyn for the day, while Nat was stuck at work. It turned out that, if you can make it to Selwyn before 9am on a Thursday you get a pass for just $20. We met Al, Max and Mira there, and headed onto the slopes. It took Ella one run, and Katy a few runs, before we rediscovered our skiing form. But soon, Ella and Mira were cruising down the slopes way ahead of us.
It turned out that the kids all express their personality in their skiing. Ella and Mira are risk-takers, who head downhill the fastest, hardest and shortest way. Max likes to ride the lifts with Al and skis his own pace, while Katy is happy skiing her own pace, and won't try something until she knows it can be done. These differing styles meant that most of the day, Ella skied & caught lifts with Mira, while Max and Al followed them. Katy spent her day with me, and we met up with the gang when we could.
A great, but tiring, day out, and makes me look forward to a full week at Guthega later in August.
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