Mountain Man

Yesterday? will go down in history as the date that I skied for the very first time – when I win Olympic Gold, these pictures will be in the news, you know in a feature story or whatever – so you can all say you knew me when!

It was unseasonably warm yesterday – it was about 50 degrees, which means Mommy severely overestimated the amount of layers I’d need when she packed my ski bag.

Here’s what I wore:

1. My Sesame Street helmet – you guys? I totally love my special hat. I literally wander around the house with it on occasionally.

2. A thematically appropriate thermal knit shirt

3. My jacket and snowpants – which Daddy got on end of season clearance sale for $16!

4. My snow boots – I wore both of them. Mommy is *really* hoping the other one fell out of the bag in her car, and didn’t get lost at the mountain. 🙁

5. Ski socks – These are the tiniest ski socks Mommy has ever seen, but they’re still giant on me. They were thigh high!

Here’s the extras we packed:

1. My penguin hat – I probably *could* have fit this under my helmet, but it wouldn’t have been easy… and I would have died of the heat!

2. Tons of layers – light cotton pants, fleece pants, a long sleeve tee, AND a sweater? Totally unnecessary.

3. THREE pairs of mittens – Actually, looking back at the pictures, I *did* wear one of the pairs for a little while, but mostly they dangled from my wrists as usual. I don’t like mittens – and why on earth would I need 3 pairs?!

So. I was clearly ready to go.

Are you ready, by the way? Because there are a TON of pictures here – and a video as a bonus for those of you who stick with me until the end!

First, Coach helped me put on my skis. I was not really super-thrilled. I like to run, and you know what? You can’t really run in skis.

Then, Coach showed me how to duck walk up the hill a little way and skied down with me a few times. Mommy’s guessing Coach might be a little sore this morning.

And then? We stopped fooling around and got to ride the ski lift!

Coming down the mountain…

… and headed back to the lift line!

While Coach carried me most of the time, my skis *did* hit the snow – here is my first ever ski run!

Thanks for taking me to the mountain, Coach! I hope we find my boot because my ice skates strap over them and we haven’t made it to the rink yet!