A Weekend Away

I’ve been working crazy hours lately on my project at work, and Mike is getting started on his busy season, so we thought it would be fun to have a weekend away with the kids. Since they’d never been skiing, we thought that would be fun. Never would have guessed it was going to be a 50 degree weekend! It was a little warm, but we had a great time away at Cascade, near the Wisconsin Dells. The boys did great with the tubing and the skiing. By the time we left they were able to go down a big hill. And, as a bonus, Mike and I got to ski on our own while they were in their lessons. We didn’t do bad, but aren’t as young as we used to be. I think tomorrow may be painful. At least mine will just be muscle related. Mike will also have to deal with sunburn. Here’s the boy’s blog conversation on the weekend’s events!

Rion: We went on a tubing thing. We went to a hotel and we went on their water slide lots of times. It was fun and I want to go there again. And my teacher helped me ski. I went down a big hill. I went on a ski lift. The big one that you guys went on. Remember? I went with my teacher, Michelle my teacher.

Owen: We went tubing. It was lots of fun. Me and daddy raced four games and I won twice, Daddy won once, and we tied once. Me and Rion were learning how to make a pizza with skis. We went on a ski lift and there was a handle bar so we could hang on to it. Handle bar up on pole number five, put your skis up, and ski a little half a circle and then you ski down the hill. Me and Rion went on the big hill. We fell lots of times and one time we fell into the snow. In our hotel there was a water park. It was really fun. There was a castle waterslide. You would go up the stairs and there was water on the outside of it. I splashed Rion one time in the little pool, but it was only one foot. Sometimes I put my feet in the hot tub, but it was really hot. In the big pool with the waterslide, there was a bench in the water. Done!!!

Rion: And, I went on the big waterslide that was yellow.

Owen: Me and Rion –

Mommy: It is Rion and I.

Owen: Rion and I went on teeny, tiny waterslides. They weren’t that much fun. When we saw the castle one, we just ran onto it and ran into the pool. And then it was awesome because me and Rion splashed each other eight times. Done.

Rion: We went on a big huge water fall and I splashed Owen fifty hundred two times. And I broke a water bottle. Isn’t that silly? And we played together. And we put on ski boots.

Owen: Mommy, can I learn how to snowboard now. When will I get to learn how to snowboard?

Rion: Mommy, does Daddy know how to snowboard?

Mommy: No, daddy does not know how. You have to learn how to ski some more first.

Rion: Oh, Declan’s dad does. (Rion talks about his friend Declan’s dad as if he were a super hero. You’d think he were 8 feet tall and can do anything.)

Owen: When we learn how to go down the big hill without falling, we get to learn how to snowboard. Read it to me.

Mommy: (Reads the conversation above)

Owen & Rion: (Laugh hysterically)

Ready to tube. We started all bundled up, but it was a nice spring day and the clothes quickly came off. Rion stopped after a couple of trips down the hill. I think he got hot and hungry. Rion loves his snack time!

Owen loved racing Daddy down the hill, but before Daddy could start, he had to push Owen down the hill. Amazingly, Owen won most of the races.

We stayed in the Dells. If you ever visit, the Moosejaw restaurant was a big hit.

Water slides

Owen's swimming underwater.

Ready for the ski school

We went down a couple of hills while the boys were working with their instructors. When we came back to check on them, Owen was missing. We were very excited to find him up on the ski lift.

Rion and his instructor. She told us that if we were to ski backwards, it would be easier to teach him. She didn't offer to teach us how to ski backwards. It is harder than it looks.

Owen and his instructor

Rion on the ski lift