My Little Skier!

Today I took Kendall to Snowbird immediately after I picked her up from school - just another perk of driving them to Sandy for school, right?  Their school is near the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon, so it's maybe 8 miles from Snowbird.  She enjoyed a happy meal on the way up the canyon and by the time we got there, she had been fed and was ready to go ski.  It was also Grace Lutheran School's annual ski day today so we saw teachers and students from her school.

Our goal today was to ski without the edgie wedgie.  We took one practice run to warm up and then conveniently her edgie wedgie came loose and came off!  She was a little tentative the first run without it - there was a little frustration in the form of yelling about how she hates skiing and she wanted her edgie wedgie back on, but she made it to the bottom of Chickadee without any problems.  We took it slow and did lots of snake turns.  She was so excited by the time we got back on the lift that she did it all by herself.  I never heard another word about wanting her edgie wedgie back for the rest of the day!  I can't believe how well she's done with skiing this year.  She just continues to impress me.

For those of you not familiar with skiing and what an edgie wedgie does, it helps keep her ski tips together to make a "pizza" or "snowplow" shape which allows her to stop (and turn) as a beginner.  If she can't keep her tips together, she will be out of control.  Her ski instructor said sometimes 3 year olds have a hard time with getting their legs into the correct position, but obviously Kendall can do this all on her own!  I think by next year we will be working on "french fries" instead of "pizza!"

Here's a little video I made from our trip to Snowbird today.  I couldn't have been more proud of her today.  She's come so far in just two months.  I think our next ski trip might be to Brighton so I can get a Majestic ticket for $35 and she can do some "real" greens instead of the bunny slopes.  I wasn't sure if we'd get this far this year or not.  I'm so thankful we spent the money on lessons with the kids!  We will be able to ski together as a family real soon!