Winter L plates and fun

Winter has arrived and snow fun is starting. Lots of fresh snow here now after a week of storms.

The kids are loving sledding and playing in the snow. Jackson was first to get the skis on today for a ski de fond (skating) ski on the trails at Grand Bornand. He loved it despite it being a serious challenge for him on the slippery, skinny long skis with soft shoes to control. I hear you Jackson! I re-found the fun in cross country skiing after the boys were born as it meant I could still ski with them in the baby backpack (unlike alpine skiing). It is a challenge though. Slippery little suckers!


Focussed!

Rob and I are learning to that going anywhere needs a big lead time.  For now we are still getting used to shovelling the driveway, dressing the boys in layers upon layers, trying to get them to put on their own gloves, boots, hats etc so they can do it when cold and tired by themselves and reminding them to come home from school, the movies, friends houses etc with the same things they went with (not very successfully!), getting reused to driving on snow and ice, and taking plenty of food and a thermos of hot tea everywhere for rewarming and fueling after. Hopefully we will get faster after a bit more practice. For now, sorry if we are late or left a glove in your house, we are still in L plate mode. However, like teenagers learning to drive for the first time, we are still loving the ride despite the slow pace.

I hope you are enjoying your change of season too, whether it is the warmer weather arriving in Australia now, or winter as the first big storms blanket big chunks of Europe and Nth America in white.

A bientot
C