"I've been waiting for this day my whole life."

This evening I suggested to Robbie that a reality show should be created to challenge contestants to wear out Henry in a day.  For three days he has been in ski school, and back in the condo he is not even close to being out of gas.  Amazingly, the six-year-old boy doesn't seem to tire.  

We have been having an amazing family ski vacation.  The temperatures have been in the 20s with snow until we broke freezing today, but our gear has kept us comfortable.  Ski school has been wonderful for the children.  They got over being rusty from a two year layoff pretty quickly.  Vivian was excited to start ski school for the first time at age 5.  On our previous trips she has been in babysitting.  Her ski instructor really enjoyed her positive attitude and cuteness.  Viv told her, "I've been waiting for this day my whole life!"  She made us all laugh at dinner when she spoke of making friends, "except for the criers!"  There were terror stricken beginner skiers at ski school drop-off who cried really hard, yet Viv just walked right up without issue.

We've had many memorable moments.  Yesterday with Robbie I decided to live a little, even though my skills are lacking, and I went down a narrow run of moguls.  It was a ridiculous thing to do, and I laughed loudly and even shrieked over and over while entertained ski lift riders watched from above.  I won't do it again soon, but I'm glad I was able to tell the girls about the experience.  Spying Henry in ski school from the ski lift was a wonderful treat.  He was leading his class, and he looked very confident and capable.  My big girls are able to ski on blue terrain that is steeper and less groomed (bumpy), but all day today they had to stick to greens with us because of me.  However, Robbie found a way to get us high up on the mountain, yet we could ski down various long green runs.  It was snowing, and the view was really spectacular.  There weren't many people up there, and we loved skiing together.  I am so proud of Olivia and Evelyn's ability to pick this sport up so well when we do this so infrequently.  

The best moment of all was today after Vivian got out of ski school.  The plan was for me to take Vivian back to our condo while Robbie skied for another hour with the three other kids.  She looked really sad and said that she sure wished she could go up the ski lift and ski with all of us.  I said I was  game, so up we six went.  That little toot rode the lift, showed no fear whatsoever, and skied down the the entire length of the run without falling once.  She looked so tiny, and all of us were thrilled for her.  Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!  That was our first time this trip with Henry out of ski school skiing with us, and he impressed Robbie.  I couldn't believe that we were skiing AS A FAMILY.  It was awesome.  I look forward to the experience tomorrow afternoon and for years to come.  I've been waiting for this day since we first came to Copper Mountain in 2012.