Family Vacation

We are in Vail and having a blast. Kerala had her first ski lesson and Troy and I couldn't have been prouder. The class was a solo class - so her first experience without us or her nanny. Yesterday, we picked up her ski boots, helmet and goggles - all of which she was super pscyhed about. We talked to her about the class last night and how she would be in the class with other kids and a teacher. She seemed pretty pscyhed about it, but we weren't sure how she would do when we actually had to say good bye to her. Dropping her off at the class was a bit of a mad house - there were a ton of kids there, some of which were screaming incredibly loudly about not wanting to do the class. We were a bit concerned because as we were standing in line to drop Kerala off a little girl was screaming and kicking behind us. Kerala held my hand a bit tighter than normal, but when it came time for her to go - she walked through the classroom door and didn't even look back at us. We were able to check her out during the class and she was having a blast. She kept going up the magic carpet and down a little hill (with much assistance). At one point, she also kept trying to hold a little boy's hand, but he wasn't really intersted. She did seem to make a friend and from the sidelines we could hear her and her little friend talking about how they were going to ski on the big mountain. We originally signed Kerala up for a half day, but when we went to pick her up she said she wanted to stay for the full day. At the end of the day, we picked up a very tired but very happy little girl.

While Kerala was at ski class, Kian tried out the ski resort's day care. I was pretty hesitant about putting him in it, but we heard great things about it and I was able to check it out yesterday before enrolling him in the class. Kian apparently fell in love with one of the staff people and she told us that he was definitely her favorite kid during the day. They said he had a blast and got pretty attached to some of the other little ones.

With Kerala in ski class and Kian in the resort day care, Troy and I were able to enjoy a day on the slopes with Kim and Kyle. We were having a blast until a lady collided with me pretty badly. Fortunately, I was wearing a helmet so I am fine, but the lady ended up hurting her head which was pretty scary. After the collision we ended the day doing some pretty easy terrain.

On our trip, Kian has developed a few new words. The house we are staying at has a stuffed moose above the fire place, so he has been pointing to it and saying something that kind of sounds like moose. He also said book and Troy has finally acknowledged that Kian has been saying "Kerala."