Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Ali Skiing

Ali is still not 3 years old and she is our youngest family member to get up on skis. It was absolutely adorable to see her still not fully coordinated body trying to maneuver around with these short little skis. She was lucky enough to fit into T's old ski boots. We had planned to put her on Mia's old skis (both T and Mia recently upgraded to bigger skis and boots) but we thought they seemed a bit too long for her. Mia started with the length a year later when she was 3, going on 4 years of age. So, we were able to rent these short little skis for Ali to test out. We were hesitant and gave her many opportunities to get out of trying but she saw all 4 of us and had to give it a try too. It was a great warm, sunny day for her to try and she did... well, probably like any 2 year old would... she needed a lot of hand holding and helping up. She still loved it and especially loved the ski schools magic carpet taking her up the little hill (check out video below).