There was a whole lot of melting going on today.  It was a good thing that the ski lesson for my granddaughters was early in the day.  By the time we were done, the snow was getting so soft that it was sticking to the skis.

The instructor was fantastic.  She had a bag of tricks up her sleeve to keep the girls entertained while teaching them at the same time.  They learned how to do 'the turtle' to get back up if they fall down. Squeaky toys were put alongside the tracks.  The girls had to bend their knees and transfer the toys from one side to the other.  The squeaky toys were then placed on the tracks so that they had to step out of the track, around the toy, and back into the track again.  They made such progress that they got to go onto the actual trails today.  Tomorrow they will learn what to do to go downhill!

When we got back to the house, water was dripping everywhere.  We could hear it coming from the downspouts, coming off the garage roof and dripping from the deck railings.  The snow was sticky enough that we made snowballs and threw them at a target.  We made one big snowball and left it by the grain tub to see what the deer were going to do with it.

The deer put on quite the show for the girls; coming into the yard four times throughout the day.  Wren would bee-line into the bedroom to get a better view when she would see the deer making their way into the yard.

We went for a drive to Elk Island Park to see if any animals were out.  Six deer were grazing along the fence line.  A porcupine was balancing on a tree branch and a little muskrat was waddling down the road at Astotin Lake.  The girls wanted to see a bison but had to settle for the smaller creatures.

It looks like tomorrow will be another great day.  Elora thinks that I should bring my skis to lessons in the morning.  If they are learning to go down hills, I may have to practice 'the turtle' myself.

Daylight saving time begins tomorrow so it will take some time to get used to 'losing' an hour but the good thing is that the deep freeze is over.  I hope the snow does not melt too quickly and that there will still be enough for us to take the skis out over spring break in a couple of weeks.