My little Picabo Street

Tryg and I just couldn't wait any longer to get Ella on skis. Tryg started skiing around 3 years old which is the average age, but Ella is such a quick learner we knew she'd pick it up just like that.
Actually that's somewhat of lie, the truth is we thought we'd never even get the skis on her.
You see, Ella is defiantly a little girly-girl. She can be a little whiny and sometimes a little Monk-ish too. When we were putting on her ski boots and she started complaining about not wanting to wear two pairs of socks to keep her feet warm (because that's just not normal) and then how the ski books were too tight, we thought that was as far as we were gonna make it.
But in the end Ella put the boots on (but not the two pairs of socks) and went out on that little bunny hill and skied .... all day! It was so fun to watch her, especially because she had more balance and coordination then the first time I put a pair of skis on, when I was 25! She figured out how to shuffle around on the skis, get herself onto the magic carpet (all by herself for the most part) and then cruise down the hill without any assistance. We we're trying to work on turns (of course that was a little hard since she doesn't know what left and right are) and stopping, but didn't get that far. She was more interested in just flying down the hill as fast as she could, with one of us catching her at the end.
Of course Tryg and I had to sacrifice a little and only got to take a couple of runs, but it was so worth watching her ski for the first time. I can't wait until we're all skiing together. I suppose that means I have to step up my game, before Ella's a better skier than I am. Which will probably be like next year!!!

Look at her little teeny Atomics... so cute!

She fell backwards a couple of times, but thought it was hilarious!