Austria, part 3

Sorry guys, i've got a severe case of the flue, so i am keeping this one short.
I'll live it up with some pictures though .

That evening i was sitting with M. in the bathroom and discussing the new events.
Merle had told her mother she was in love with M. and he was clearly pleased with that.
After some sighing and laughing he confessed to me, he was a bit in love with her too.

O.
If only the world could have stopped right there.
He was soooo cute.

He then told me he could have known she was in love, coz a couple of days ago whenever he said something to her, she became all shy and didn't dare look him in the eye.
That's what happens when you're in love i said.
In the beginning i didn't even dare speak to pappa.
Yeah he said.
I could still speak to her, but that was before i realized how much in love i am.

The lady in question.

At that moment T. wanted to know what we were doing and entered the bathroom. I was under strict orders not to tell anyone, but i guess he overheard something, so i asked him if he had fallen in love with anyone this week.
NEU. T. said in his own unique way.

But, she may not have to be your age, M. said.
See, here's a bit of a dilemma.
M. being 6,5 yrs old and Merle (although ahead of her age) being almost 4, caused a bit of a problem.

Anyway, he went to bed, saying he was going to dream of her and the next morning life went on as usual.
They were a bit shy towards each other but...
the race was on the program.

At the end of the week all kids do some sort of a race, mainly to show the parents what they have learned sofar, and everybody gets a medal afterwards (picking up the medal in a room full of excited children and grown-ups was even worse than the ski-depot!)

Here are some shots of our 2 champions:

M.(above)

and T.
That evening we also learned that R. could fly back next morning from Insbruck to Rotterdam Airport and would be brought back home by ambulance.
I decided to try to get home in one day and packed the van, drove it in front of the hotel (when it would start to snow that night, i'd have to put on the snowchains and i hate that) and next morning at 5.30 we went.
Luckily the kids were tired and even slept some on the way which meant we were back home, only an hr after R. came home