Mini Vacay

Sunday, we joined N, L and the girls at Blue Mountain for 2 days of snow fun.  I'd never been there before, and I was blown away.  It was gorgeous.  We stayed at the Westin Trillium House at the foot of the ski hills.  It was a wonderful resort situated right in the village.  Each family had a 1-bedroom suite, consisting of a separate bedroom, living area (with gas fireplace), kitchenette and a giant bathroom.  It was perfect. 

I did not take this photo

Our drive up was perfect too, until we were about 20 minutes away from the resort and Hunter puked all over everything.  We seriously should cover that child of mine in plastic for long road-trips...it's getting to be quite the habit!

As soon as we got there, we unpacked and James, Drew, N and K went for a swim in the heated outdoor pool.  Yup, OUTDOOR pool. Crazy.  They had a blast though, the kids were going nuts.  They came in and warmed up in the sauna and then straight up to the rooms they went. 

L and I went for dinner at Oliver and Bonachini....we both had salads, enjoyed a quiet dinner without flying forks and food, and felt quite relaxed when we returned to our men/children.

After dinner, we spent some time at the arcade (with the kids) and then bundled them all up and went and checked out the village.  I LOVE the village.  We had Starbucks hot chocolate, played in the snow, ate beavertails, browsed the cute, overpriced shops and enjoyed the snow falling as we walked around.

Hunter LOVING the beaver tails....so yummy!

Bedtime was easy, as both boys were exhausted and fell asleep while I read them stories. 
James and I stayed up, drank wine, ate bread and hummus and watched the survivor finale beside the fireplace.  It was seriously the perfect ending to a wonderful day.

The next morning, we got ready for ski-school.  L and N had signed Drew and K up for it (K did a full day, Drew a half-day).  I wasn't sure how it would go, as Drew has never been on skis before...but he had seen an episode of Emily Young where she went snowboarding, and really wanted to try it.  Alas, you have to be 6 to try snowboarding, so skiing it had to be for my little 4 year old.

Drop-off went well.  He was excited, and seemed pretty anxious/nervous about the whole thing.  We weren't allowed into the area where they outfitted him with skis, so we went outside to wait for him to come out.  Once out there, he was standing by himself for quite sometime while they figured out the classes.  I don't think this helped the situation, as he had time to think about what was about to happen. 

The first thing they did was take him up the hill on the magic carpet.  He really liked this.  Once he was up there, we couldn't see him anymore, so we left to go and pack up the room (we had to be out by 11).  It should be noted here that we gave them both of our cell numbers AND our room number.  They told us that if there were any troubles, they would give us a call.  We did not get a call.

At noon, I went to pick Drew up at ski school, and James/Hunter went to get us a table and order us lunch at Wild Wing.  I waited for what seemed like forever, watching all of the other kids come down the hill and go into the chalet (the full-day kids eat lunch together in the chalet).  Did not see Drew.  I was all ready with my camera to get a shot of him coming down the hill.  No Drew. 

After a few minutes of silent panicking on my part, I finally see him come out of the chalet.  The teenage boy who brought him out to me seemed to be in a hurry to be "rid" of him.  "How did he do?", I ask....."Oh, he did fine"......long pause......"but we had to bring him in early because he was quite upset and really wanted you".....

"Perhaps you should of called me", I say.

Drew was still quite upset at this point, so I just start walking with him, taking him to wild wing.  Along the way, he tells me it was him and 2 other girls who were sitting in "the room", waiting for class to be over.

So, while I'm sure they probably tried hard to help him like the sport, I am quite disappointed that they did not call me.  I would have rather picked him up early and done something fun with him, instead of having him sit in a room waiting for the time to end.

All in all though, we had a great time and really want to go back.  It was a beautiful resort, we had beautiful weather, and aside from the ski school, Drew and Hunter both loved it there.  Thanks L and N for a great mini-getaway!