The Mother decided we would do a ‘fun’ pi day activity. We measured the circumference and diameter of different size wheels and found the ratio of circumference to diameter was always pi.
Thankfully The Bigs also thought actual pie should be part of the celebration as well.
In preparation for my last race of the season, I waxed my skis.
The race was postponed but we enjoyed endless fresh powder so no complaints from us!
On Sunday morning, the snow report actually caused The Bigs to briefly pause and consider not going skiing!!
They decided going to Mt Bachelor probably wasn’t wise, but we did go out to Skyliner sno park and do some Nordic touring.
Busy week. On Monday, I helped some of The Bigs’ students test a skateboard they built for a ten year old with physical disabilities.
After Nordic on Tuesday, Dad had to go to a work function, so mom took Jameson and me out for burgers.
Dad had another work thing Friday night, so Mom and I went to Pizza Mondo for a Pork-a-palooza pizza.
Afterwards, I used my gift certificate to treat The Mother to gelato.
Before ski practice on Saturday, Jameson and I did some hiking and skiing.
Next up was the award ceremony. I added another gold medal to my collection.
It was warm – check out the snow on the outhouse roof.
A “skimeister” refers to a skier with exceptional all-around skills in various disciplines like downhill, slalom, cross-country, and jumping. If you win a 4 way race, you are named skimeister. I have another 4 way in April and I want to be the skimeister. So today – jump training.
The blinds in The Bigs’ bedroom broke. The Mother found a YouTube video on how to fix it, so she bought the parts and got started. She was very quickly thoroughly confused, so I took over. They aren’t done yet but I am optimistic.
This week, I made lamb chops and Korean salad for dinner.
Lamb was on sale this week, so we also had lamb meatballs with Indian curry sauce
One day this week, Mom and I were early for school. So we stopped for a donut. I sure do love a good maple glazed.
This week I made up a recipe for dinner. The end result? Bell peppers stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, and bison seasoned with salt, smoked paprika, and thyme. They were terrific.
I know my grandmothers have been wondering ‘when is he going to get a haircut?’ The wait is finally over.
Saturday it was sunny and 57 F at the mountain.
I had a GS race. I did not podium and I was not happy.
It was so hot and the race went for so long, The Mother – who we all know is the cheapest human on earth – didn’t bat an eyelash when a post race kombucha cost $10. (I’m not happy with my haircut. The front is too short and I tell The Bigs every chance I get).
The next morning the sunny skies and warm temps were gone and it was dumping yet again (good ole March) but I did not get to enjoy the powder because I had a slalom race. The night before I watched my race video, listened to Dad’s feedback, and watched Mikaela Shiffrin videos. Today, I raced for the podium and the unofficial results have me in FIRST.
I did not go home after my race. Nope. It was time for some biathlon! Jameson I did some exploring while we waited for the start.
Then we got down to business.
Not very many kids showed up so we got to ski lap after lap and shoot to our heart’s content.
I put Dad’s in an air-fryed bell pepper rather than a tortilla.
On Tuesday night, I was supposed to go Nordic skiing with Jameson and then to see Dogman. He got a stomach bug Monday night and couldn’t go. I went anyway. No way was I missing Dogman. We got there early so we could get a couch.
I had a delicious cheeseburger and cajun tater tots. I’d never had a tater tot before. They’re OK.
On Valentine’s Day, which is also my half birthday, I asked to go to The Great Greek to celebrate.
I had the gyro plate.
For dessert, I had chocolate-covered strawberries.
I used ChatGPT to make my Valentine’s Day cards for school. Last month we listened to “Into Thin Air” on the ride to and from the mountain – piquing my interest in Mt Everest. When it came time to make a Valentine I decided it should have Mt Everest and prayer flags, but the prayer flags should be hearts. I tried making it myself. It was coming along OK, but then Dad suggested I try ChatGPT. I just entered image with Mt. Everest with prayer flags and then when I got that, I asked it to add hearts to the prayer flag and voila:
On Saturday, I skied with my team and on Sunday I went for a tour with The Bigs. This sign was, in the fall, very high on the tree. It will soon be buried. They are calling for 28+ inches of snow in the next few days.
This week I prepared a charcuterie board for dinner. The Bigs questioned if this was really making dinner, but they sure did enjoy it. We had toasted nuts, smoked salmon, prosciutto, olive tapenade with seed crackers, crudités, and cheese.
Speaking of cheese, I discovered these marinated mozzarella balls at Costco. So good, I eat them right from the container in copious quantities.
Friday night was Desert Sky Montessori’s skate night. I had a blast.
The Mother was so happy there was a fire pit. It’s been very cold and snowy in Bend lately.
My Christmas gift from Auntie Cheryl was a USB microscope. I LOVE it and look at magnified images of all kinds of weird things. Today the subject was…a favorite of mine…a twenty dollar bill.
I had downhill training on Saturday. It was snowing. The lift broke when I was on it. The Bigs looked like glazed donuts. It was quite a day and there were no pictures because there was no way The Mother was taking her hand out of her glove!
Sunday morning was COLD…on the drive up the thermometer said 3! It was early, we had to be at the mountain for a 7:30 am cross country race start., so we were hoping it would warm up with sunrise. This was my first year doing The Great Nordeen. The Mother and I did the 18 kilometer (~10 miles) race and Dad did the 30 kilometer (18.6 miles).
Given the race length, The Mother thought she was going to have to provide encouragement to help me finish. Incorrect. I took off like someone was chasing me and never looked back. I passed adults, I tucked, I didn’t slow down until the finish … while The Mother made an all out effort to keep up!!!
The Mother almost forgot she did the race and should be in the picture too.
Here are the race results. The more observant of you will notice I’m listed as being 12. It is possible that 9 year olds were not eligible to race, but The Bigs chose not to ask. So, I raced as a 12 year old. 5th place against much older kids indicates they should let 9 year olds compete if they are The Emmett (which The Bigs knew).
Afterwards I had a celebratory kombucha and ginger molasses cookie at Thump.
For some reason, we didn’t have school on Friday. The Bigs had to work. Luckily Jameson’s dad had the day off and he decided to take us skiing – and it was a powder day!
J’s dad is way cooler than The Bigs … he took us for pizza after a long day on the slopes.
The next day I had ski training with MBSEF, but before we started for the day, they had the awards ceremony for last week’s race. Here I am getting my first place medal.
While The bigs were skiing, they found the Bill Healy shrine. He founded Bachelor and there was a big celebration for his 100 th birthday last week…the shrine was probably part of the celebration.
On Sunday, Jameson and I were supposed to go backcountry skiing but the equipment he borrowed didn’t end up working out, so I got stuck with The Bigs.
Dad and I took turns ‘hucking a cornice’.
And we did a bunch of laps in the new snow.
We skied until The Mother got too tired and started crashing.
We tried one new meal this week, cauliflower shawarma with Lebanese slaw and Israeli salad and a Zhug sauce.
It was a cold and windy weekend. Saturday’s slalom training was cut short when the lifts closed due to wind. Sunday was my second Mini World Cup race of the season – a slalom. I am on Team Österreich:
We haven’t had much slalom training yet this year, but I did great!
We had a couple of exciting new meals this week. Mexican breakfast pizza (egg ‘crust’):
