Today Mattias tried skiing for the first time. Mattias found the boots "too big" and awkward to walk on but once we got the skis on, he loved it. He went about 4 ft on his own on a very gradual hill and the first thing he said was "more!!" We did about 6 runs down the bunny slope. He kept saying "I go fast", "not scary" and "again, again". He really enjoyed the rope tow but it was hard for me to keep my grip on the rope with one hand. I worked on him getting the feel of the skis running on the snow and getting him to stand up (weight on the skis). Since I was supporting him under his arms he tended to let me hold him up.
Today showed me how out of shape I am. I was so winded carrying him around. We did a run down one of the longer runs to an actual ski lift. I got to the bottom and my legs were so fatigued from snow-plowing the whole run and the darn lift was uphill from the end of the run. :-( Not fun. The day was tiring for Mattias as well. He was asleep in about 5 minutes during the drive home.
We are so happy he enjoyed it, time for me to get in better shape for next time.
No pictures of us skiing but here are the tuckered skiers.
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