Not to mention, snow koalas...
On Saturday, we went with some friends up to Lake Mountain, a cross-country ski resort less than two hours drive from our home near Melbourne.
By the way, we can't take credit for these snow creatures. A Chilean family made them, and we stumbled upon their work not long after they had finished.
The main attraction for the kids was the toboggan run. It was a little crowded, and felt like half of Melbourne had joined us on this trip, but we managed to have a good time nonetheless.
Here are our Syrian friends, Rabia and Abir, sledding for the first time. They arrived last year in Australia as refugees after refusing to submit to the powers that be in their home country.
After a while you get bored with sliding down a snowy hill and you just want to roll snow up into big balls. I totally get it.
After lunch, we scaled the 800-metre hike from the ski resort up to the summit - with a few breaks along the way, of course.
The highlight for me was using my old baseball skills in the snowball fight at the summit. The snow was a little wet, which meant I could pack the snow up into a rather firm ball of ice.
I did hit my wife in the leg with a snow ball and she was not too pleased.
Speaking of, no family day is complete without the obligatory selfie with the wife.
Thanks for stopping by.
