Skiing Feldberg

We had a really, really busy weekend.  On Saturday we went to the new Lego movie at the BX with a bunch of us.  One thing about movies over here is they get sold out extremely quickly.  So the boys and I went at 10 am to get our tickets and 16 more for friends.  Then we had to go home and back for our ski trip.  We headed back to the movie theater and arrived 50 minutes early and there was already a line to get in.  It is crazy!!  We were able to get seats together and we all LOVED the movie!!  It was a great time!!!  We then grabbed dinner to go and headed home to bed.  We had a very early start the next morning, we had to be at the bus at 3:30 am for our ski trip.  The boys were sooooo excited!!!   Michael didn't want to ski again for the longest time and then a couple of weeks ago decided he did want to go.  So off we went.  I wanted to take the bus because it is about 3 1/2 hour drive to the mountain.

The boys looking like they were going back to sleep on the bus, but that didn't really happen.  I made them lay there for about 30 minutes and then they were up and watching a movie.  I think way too much excitement.  Michael and I slept for about an hour on the bus, but that was about all.

First getting there, the boys were so excited to see snow!!!  They have been waiting all year and we haven't gotten any in Kaiserslautern.  

They found a hug pile of snow to play on.  While they did that I looked for ski lessons for them.  I finally succeeded and found some English speaking lessons!  I was very excited!!  With never being there before, it was all new.

The boys ready for their lessons.  AJ was upset because he had to wear purple.  I tried to get a different color, but the colors are ages and purple was eight and green six.  The green was great for Michael, it matched all his ski stuff!!

They started out basically skating on one ski.  I have never seen this, but it was amazing.  It helped the boys get their balance and the feel of the ski.

I also LOVED this ski school!!  The boys were up on the "slopes" within 30 minutes.  At Garmisch they didn't ever get on the rope tow on the "slope."

AJ did so well that he was split off and went higher on the hill.  This was a cool tunnel that had a "magic carpet" that took them to the top!

AJ coming down the slope.  After this we took a break for lunch.  Luckily they had a restaurant with chicken for Michael and spaghetti for AJ.  There were no seats inside so we ate outside.  Michael said he didn't want to go back to ski lessons.  He was pretty adamant and either did AJ because he said it was too easy.  So I ran into the ski school and asked if AJ can be moved up a level for the afternoon and they said yes.  I just kept avoiding Michael on the subject until we arrived back at the lessons in the afternoon.  I worked with him on how to get up after he fell down and then he decided that he would ski for a little bit.  So I said I would come back in an hour.  AJ headed for the big hill and I decided since I rented skis, I might as well go on a few runs.  I off I went.  It was foggy, windy and cold but great to get back on the slopes!!!

Michael at the top of the higher hill working on his turns.

I was coming down to check on him and saw this - he LOVED going down with the hula hoop.  He was having some problems slowing down and stopping so this helped him keep his speed down.  The hour was up and I asked him if he wanted to stay and he said yes!  I was so excited!!  But he asked me to come back in thirty minutes so I went for one more run.

Michael coming down the hill on his own and doing so well!!!  Here he is on the "magic carpet"  When I got there he said he was done so I told him he had to say goodbye to his instructor.  So he was waiting at the bottom for him, but then decided he would go up one more time to say goodbye.  :-)

After that we dug, had a snowball fight and some snow fun while we were waiting for AJ to be done with his lessons.

Fun in the snow!!!!

Since AJ was able to go to the higher class he was able to change colors to red!  The boys after a great day of skiing!!!

My two little skiers and me!!  It turned out to be such a great day even if the weather wasn't all that great!!  AJ's instructor said he did so well and wanted him to be able to show me if we had time.

So of course we did!!  Here is is getting on the drag lift.

He is about mid way up, you can barely see the top.  It was a decent hill especially since this is the second day he has ever skied!!

Here he comes down, in the middle of the picture with the red vest on.  I let him do some  more runs because he was so excited to ski!!  They both did so well!!  While AJ was on the big hill Michael wanted to do some skiing on a smaller hill.  He was doing great with his stops, staying up and going nice and easy.  I was so happy with the ski school here and would definitely go back!!  It was such a great time!  We headed back to the bus and headed home.  AJ slept some and Michael not so much.  We arrived home around 10 pm, all pleasantly exhausted!!  Next year we will definitely have to plan a skiing weekend instead of just one day.  :-)