Slice of Heaven

Ski Post #1

We got back from 7 days of heavenly bliss is snowy Hidden Valley, PA (no that is not the birthplace of the salad dressing...it is a ski resort!). We have tons of pictures and videos, and I will have to do several smaller posts because there are just too many aspects of our trip to capture in one post. Needless to say, it was by far, the best east coast skiing we have ever had in my lifetime of skiing, which is pretty much, my lifetime!

The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and we found ourselves laughing at many of their comments throughout the week. I am going to share with you something from each one. Our favorite I will save for last, and hopefully by writing it down, it will not be lost in our memory.

Leah was the ultimate snow-bunny this year. We really expected a little more skiing out of her this year (she actually skiied more last year by herself) but she has also developed more of her individual personality over the past year and has some definite ideas about what she does and doesn't want to do. I think she was more concerned about the pink color of her skis, her bibs, her jacket, her mittens, and finally, her goggles. While in the lodge warming up one day, she put on her new pink goggles and looked at her daddy and said, "daddy, do my goggles make me look pretty?" seriously, where did this girl come from!!!!
Bay was pretty much a blur this year. He was non-stop motion. He took a lesson the first day and just took off from there. Any of us who skiied with him had to ski top speed to keep up with him, literally. He would start going down the slope and never stop till he got to the bottom. If he fell, he'd get right back up and keep going-it did not phase him in the least. Very funny. So I captured this picture of him jumping in the air one day when we went outside and made snowmen. He steered clear of the organized activity of making snowmen, and pretty much jumped up in the air and fell down in the snow the whole time. Though he isn't a boy of too many words, he did express several times to me, "mommy, i really don't want to grow up". what can i say to that?

Eric tried out snowboarding for the second time (he took a lesson 2 years ago and pretty much had a bad experience). He decided to give it another go this year and hit it off with the board pretty well. It took awhile to figure out if he was goofy footed or not, and finally decided on normal stance. He ended up taking 2 lessons...since he did so well after his beginner lesson, and he had the instructor to himself, it was a good chance to learn lots of things.

The place where we stayed had 3 levels. Our family got the top floor, which included 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a loft area with a day-bed a desk and a couple of chairs. We put Bay and Leah in a room together and gave Eric his own space in the loft. At first I think he wasn't sure what to think of that, but it didn't take him long to appreciate his own space (he currently shares a room with his brother at home). We took this shot looking up at him and asked him how he liked having his own space for the week. To which he replied, "When I grow up and get married, I am NOT sharing a room with my wife! I will have spent my whole childhood sharing a room with my brother and am going to want to have a room finally to myself."

We are saving that one for the wedding reception toast for sure!