Little Skier

On Wednesday this past week Camille had her ski orientation meeting at the local middle school.  There she was introduced to her ski instructor and the other kids in her class.  There were 2 boys and 1 other girl, Anika (who arrived mid way through).  The first half of the meeting the kids were supposed to spend learning to put on and take off their skis and boots and how to hold their poles correctly.  Camille had been practicing in the garage since she got her equipment, so after the first couple of minutes Hugo, her instructor, told her just to socialize until the formal presentation began.  Luckily, Anika showed up and those 2 became fast friends.  So much so that Camille sat with Anika for the instructional slide show, instead of with me.  They made big plans to ride the bus together to the mountain on Sat.

So we showed up and Sat. morning looking for Anika, but never found her.  Camille was a little sad about this.  But she hopped on the bus and sat by a different little girl and I waved repeatedly from the sidewalk hoping that this little girl would also become her friend.  Looking at all of those kids in their ski coats and bibs, crowded with their gear packed around them like sardines on the bus gave me a moment of panic, but didn’t seem to phase any of them.  They drove off and that was it.  We picked her up at 4:45 and she had a GREAT time.  She and Iris (the girl from the bus, did become friends).  They sat together on the way home too.  Anika never showed up, but Hugo told her she could move up to the next level.  She told him she didn’t want to because she really likes Hugo, but I am going to try to convince her to move up, especially since Anika may have spotty attendence, and clearly Camille is going to be a very GIFTED skier:)  We need her on the fast track so she can make the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.  Or maybe I’m being overly ambitious, maybe 2022 is more realistic.

 

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