Team Tolan is soon to be on the loose. Tomorrow bright and early we embark for our first official family holiday. We’ve visited family several times, but this is the first time we are off for pure relaxation. Ahhhh….

This time tomorrow we’ll be safely tucked into our chalet in Verbier. Fingers crossed we are well and have no new molars for the next week.  Just in case, we are armed with drugs, teething gel, drugs, vapor rub, drugs, and anything else we can legally get across the Swiss border.

The last time I skied was pre-baby and I was marginally better than the three year olds in ski school on their very first day. By the second day, they could ski circles around me.

Darragh, on the other hand, is turning into a pro! He flies down the mountain like a gazelle, throws himself down into a rugby fall when he gets to the end and comes up laughing.

Who’s the scaredy cat in our house?

Ava and Jake are a tad too young to hit the slopes, so we’ve booked an English nanny to keep them entertained. With any luck we’ll arrive to find supernanny waiting and come back with two toddlers who are sleeping through the night and not fighting over toys!

It’s 9pm and we have 8 hours before the taxi arrives. Three out of four of us are packed and the freezer is defrosting. Fingers crossed we have enough snacks and undergarments to get us through the next week.

Gorgeous scenery and fresh mountain air here we come!!!