It was a dark and foggy night when Skye took Aaron, Austin and Iain up Seymour to celebrate Iain's 18th birthday. Much bustling about the house to locate various pieces of winter clothing and gear, finished with three boys and Skye all suited up in snow pants, boots, mitts, toques, all toting snowboards with bindings.
Iain worked out that his freshly-mounted bindings were about 18 years old, the snowboard boots are Skye's from 18 years ago, and the board is about 16 years old.
Aaron used the board Austin started on, when he was 6. We put Aaron into a pair of snow boots that are a couple sizes too big - just fitted him with an extra pair of socks for good measure ;)
Aaron rode the chairlift with Skye. They couldn't tell how far from the ground they were, because the mountain was so socked-in with fog. When they dismounted the lift, Skye placed Aaron and his board between his legs and held him by his armpits. They slid down together through the darkness. Whenever Aaron could see nothing but dark and fog, he was really scared. But when he saw Austin and Iain, he was happy and laughed.
We have a small pair of skis that will be perfect for Aaron, once we find the boots to match! And the next time we take him to the ski hill, it will be daylight.
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