Watch out Bode!

Bode Miller won the gold medal in the men's super combined today. Given the events at the Bradford ski hill in Haverhill today we are putting our money on Oliver taking home the gold in the 2014 Olympics. Here is how the events of today transpired-

Bradford is a great little hill just 9 miles from our house. Davis had the wonderful idea of taking Oliver over there today to see if they had rental equipment that would fit Oliver (equipment that would work for someone who is just two feet seven inches tall, has size 7 (infant) feet, and weighs just 26 pounds). By the time Oliver woke up from a uncharacteristically long nap Davis and I were chomping at the bit. We were throwing things in bags, shoving lunch at Oliver and jumping around. Oliver was suspect and seemed to be saying - "Oh no, what crazy thing are you going to make me do/take me to now?"

The people at Bradford were very nice and helped us to find skis and boots that fit Oliver (yeah!).

Since Oliver has made it very clear that he is not a big fan of winter and would much rather stay inside than play outside in the snow we were not not sure what Oliver would think of skiing. As it turns out he LOVES it. As soon as he saw the skis he wanted to put them on, and as soon as we set him down on the snow he wanted to go and go and go and go...


After holding Oliver a few times I decided to let him go and see what he could do - he did an amazing job, managing to keep his wedge and stay standing until Davis caught him several feet later. Every time he got caught he yelled "More! More!" and pointed back up the hill. We finally had to take Oliver inside, not because he was done, but because he was tired of being carried up the hill and then having to ski down to either Davis or me - Oliver wanted to ride the lift. Here he is pouting and pointing, begging to go up the lift.

When we finally got Oliver's skis off him he tried to pull them apart and get them back on. However, once he realized that he would not be going up the lift he would have nothing to do with the skis.
To end the day we took Oliver to the lodge for chocolate milk (hot chocolate is just too hot for Oliver who requires his food and drink to be room temperature, preferably colder) and fries.

Headed home at the end of his first day on the slopes.

We hope to get on the snow again soon - next time Davis and I will bring our skis so that we can take Oliver up the lift.