During the holidays Bear completed his certification from
Quebec Ski Federation. He is now an official ski instructor!!! Such as
accomplishment after years and years of lessons and trainings and concluding
with three intensive full days over the holidays of interviews, testing of technique,
theory and lesson style with children.
He passed! With Flying colors too and had an A plus on
all categories!
He went the next morning to get his uniform (coolest ski
suit ever!) and had a meeting with all the instructors and staff. That afternoon
me and Hubby and Beauty went skiing and I saw this gorgeous guy giving me a
discreet little wave and I waved back hesitantly having no clue who it was (I am not joking at all) 2 mins after he left
I realized that was our son!!!!!!!!!! I did not recognize him in the full ski
instructor gear!!!!
He looks amazing and so cool. Amazing to see him with a
big group of friends at the hill (something we have wanted for our kids for
years now and have not had). He is into the whole Garceu party mode with his
initiation starting Jan 9 with all the instructors.. a whole new world for him
as up until now has not been to a real party (at his school parties usually begin
more towards grade 11 )So proud of him! We literally all got out of the car and
jumped for joy and hugged him when he passed (and I fell face first in the
snow!)
Yay Bear! He now joins the ranks of his older brother as
an instructor. This is Chase’s last year of this so they will overlap by a
year. Already at the dinner table the conversations have been taken over by
Bear and Chase discussing skiing and who is who as a monitor etc. Beauty will
be a monitor hopefully next year and for now is taking a full year of the
pre-monitor program. She is sad to not be on the competition team and a big
adjustment for her but we need her to focus on marks and competition too
demanding for winter with the school and level she is at.
Bear joined the ranks of the BEST job in the wold that
pays literally hardly any money (AS IN LITERALLY HARDLY ANY!) But is a job so many teens want that they don’t
even care.
It has been a job house around here this holiday with
Chase having been hired at the Auberge around the corner on call. He went twice
already and was a full waiter with zero training! With alcohol serving and
everything! He loved the huge tips and was pretty proud. Bear and Beauty will
be backups to him if he is not available which is also kinda cool as fits
perfectly being on call with our cottage life and schedules up here.
Chase now had worked: half a summer at Dirtcamp and three
weeks for his old high school as a concierge and in the bookstore. He was a ski
monitor all last season and now this season again. Now works on call in the
auberge and has been hired as a full time bike instructor (and away 8 weeks!)
next summer.
Now Bear as a ski instructor too and in summer will be
away 5 weeks to do his certification to be a full time sleepaway camp monitor. Also
completing his Sauveteur Nationale last course next semester to be an official lifeguards.
Things are moving around here and changing! I am so proud
of these kidsJ
PS-Chase’s 18th bday post will be posted later
today
