Big boy on the button

T in action! (Tell us if the video doesn't work - we always have trouble.)

This morning I still wasn't feeling well, so I decided to skip a day of ski lessons so I would be well for Thursday and Friday. Because I wasn't there R asked if she could ski with E's class. Fritz told E's instructor it would be fine, since R is the best in the class. Sadly, R didn't hear him say it. Also, R left class a little early because she wasn't feeling well.  Meanwhile, I realized that if I ever wanted a picture of T in class, this was my only chance. So I dragged myself out of bed and slipped and slid through town as fast as I could, hoping to catch T on the botton lift.

I was lucky enough to catch him, but only because he was unlucky. He had fallen off the button and was standing by the fence next to the lift. No one else from his class was anywhere in sight. I have no idea what happened to the kid on the right hand side of the picture.

This picture shows the line for the button behind T. Since he fell off so close to the start, he should have gone right back to the line and tried again. He had no desire to do that.

And here is a picture of why T didn't want to go. An instructor came up to him and said, "Go to your teacher!" and popped him onto a button. He made it about three feet. She tried again, and he was off, up the hill!

Up he goes. He made it about halfway to his class then fell. He managed to scramble away from the lift track, but that's as far as he got, and he just lay there in the snow until the rest of his class came down and his teacher righted him.

 Once he was up the hill and up on his feet, he was fine. Look at him go in the bottom right corner!

Below is a picture E took of T headed down to the restaurant.

While E took care of T, it was my job to pick up S. This is a tiny portion of the crowd after lessons. Can you find S?

After lunch T went to the kids' club and E, S, and I went skiing. We stuck to the small hill since I am a scardy cat and it is a pain to hike over the bridge to the big hill. After I left, S and E did go over the the big hill. S suggested a game of follow the leader and lead E right over the jumps that terrified him yesterday!

Tonight the kids got to make their own pizzas in the hotel kitchen. Lucky for R, because tonight is raclette night in the main dining room, and the smell of it nauseates her every time. The kids all got aprons and hats and went to work. S supervised L since E and I like to stay out of the way (other than a few quick pictures) when the kids are in supervised activities.

See the look on T's face when it was time to add the toppings? He was disgusted that they would expect him to ruin a perfectly good pizza. S helped L make a little red heart.

T has been practicing his letters at night.