On Friday we got up terribly early to meet the neighbors and their daughter Julia up at Ski Cooper for a little ski lesson for Taylor. It was destined to be a horrific outing with Taylor crying from the get go that it was dark, that he didn't want to go and refusing to let mommy get him dressed. We then had a car ride with quite a bit of whining, especially when he saw us drive into the mountains at dawn with Pikes Peak looming. I think he thought we were going to make him ski on a huge MTN like that and was a tad frightened. Things settled down after we got a chocolate sprinkled donut, but he got upset again as we got closer. However about five minutes out, Mommy told him about the ski goggles. He got really excited and couldn't wait for people to "laugh at him."
The lesson went great and he learned how to stop pretty well (same control freak as his mother) which does create some issues with actually moving down the hill. He had a blast giving high fives, throwing snow at the instructor and doing snow angels with the other two kiddos in his group. Madison enjoyed walking up and down the ramp near the kids center and often bolted for the parking lot, given there was a nice slippery slope she could attempt to not fall down. While Taylor ate lunch and played with friends at the kids center, Mom and Dad took Madison and the dogs for a nice snowshoe hike and all had a very busy day!
