Luvly Jubbly in America: Skiing

Tuesday we hit New York. A great day but a bit of a rush with our planning. It was a last minute lets go. Every time we go into New York Victoria seems to have shoes that hurt or give her blisters. So we learn from our mistakes and I gave the kids the lecture to put on smart shoes. Takkies are good. What a mistake. What was mommy thinking????? The first pavement we crossed Victoria had wet feet. The moaning started. She was a right pain. The Rockerfeller plaza was fantastic but I think if you visit at night and see the lights, it would look magical. Saw the huge big Christmas tree. The views from the top of the rock were amazing. Central park was white with snow. We had sun and blue skies again.

Kara went to American Girl Doll shop with all the other kids from New York. Kara was dead chuffed with her present from Granny Lu and GP - she chose to buy accessories for her American girl doll. Victoria wanted a B10 thing and moaned the whole way because we never stumbled along a toy shop for her to buy a present. A real pain again. Jude i think Victoria and benjamin will make a great match togther. Naughty as anything too I bet. Victoria will have her turn on Thursday.

Wednesday was our skiing trip. We headed out to Mohawk Mountain which is about 1 hour 20 mins away. I liked to be organised so got all the kit set out. Sandwiches were made, hot chocolate and Leon's coffee. Got the car warmed up. Put a shovel in the boot, checked our breakdown number just in case. This is all very new to us. Leon did all the booking on line. Ready to GO. We were all happy the car was jumping with excitement. Happy families. 20 minutes away I remember we forgot all the ski jackets. No one to blame. I could not stop laughing. Kara calls Victoria a "nugget", well we all took the name on this round. So our ski trip turned out very expensive. I tried to borrow jackets from the lost property but no go. We all had to get new jackets. Victoria needed a new one but still a sore move. Victoria now so chuffed with her jacket wants to wear it to bed. A real "nugget".

Kids booked into lessons for 2 hours and Leon and I 1 and half hours. It was brilliant such fun. Can't believe I never did it sooner. Fell once but no problems. The poor teacher about half my size had to lift me up. Not an easy task getting up with ski's on. So I have already spoken to melissa and Martin to try convince them an American Trip would be a good idea. Thing is they will have to come back again in summer for the beach too. Sorry Melissa I had to put that in.

Really a good day out. what I like is you can all do it as a family. No sitting on the side. The kids were fantastic and their balance unbelievable. Kara needs better socks as her feet were very cold.

So we going again.

Happy but very tired now. Yes Victoria still has her jacket on.