Alpine Skiing

The skiing events may have been cancelled tonight, but nevertheless, we had our own skiing event with the Kinect, which as you can see above, resulted in Madison getting some serious airtime.

She made it to the bottom in 46 seconds, pretty much making her a legend around here.  You can see above - barely - she's jumping up at the right point where there's a bit of a ramp.  Despite the fact that this game is largely made up of leaning to and fro, or jumping and crouching, there's still a bit of energy expended after a couple rounds.  Madison was loving it, as well as the race against Daddy towards the bottom.

It was another chilly day, but a good one for us filled with some productivity.  For one, there was the usual practice at Brenau for Madison, getting ready for the Frozen ballet.  This is about an hour and a half, and then there's the half-hour it takes to get there.  So it's been a big part of the day each week leading up to the production.

The weather was pretty rainy today, but it's okay.  We were working a lot today - Madison was writing a lot of cards for next week, a part of a "being nice to others" assignment where she spent time writing encouraging statements on cards.  She's putting a lot of thought to these.  Also, she's working on the computer a lot, doing optional assignments for her class, each one worth a point.  The goal is to be within the top ten in the class, doing as many assignments as she can.  She's been working hard at the kitchen table, while Daddy's been working on the yearbook.  We're having to come up with those Dr. Seuss-inspired pages, and getting a bit better with each design idea.

We're watching the Olympics, of course, including a snowboarder that won gold tonight, just seventeen years old.  He's the first person to win a gold medal born within this century.  Madison was watching a lot of figure skating too, as well as some of the other sports on and off.  The games are on, including a wonderful hockey game today featuring a united Korea team, with North and South Koreans playing together as a team.  It was a beautiful moment, along with some of the imagery from last night, of these two countries united.

We did our readings tonight, going to bed at a fairly reasonable time I think.  At least, considering the fact that we've been glued to these stories from South Korea.  Once upon a time, Mommy and Daddy were there in Seoul, although not by design.  We couldn't land in Beijing, and were diverted over to an airport in Korea, where we spent some time waiting.  We watched a few movies there, played some games... and that was our experience in Korea.  But we can say we were there, right?

Anyway, time for bed.  We have another fun service tomorrow, another chapter from the series, "Elevate."  Daddy made some Valentine's Day cards - with an Olympic theme to them, of course.  It's going to be a great day!