A time to ski

Lookit!

Look at my little duckling all bundled up and ready for her first day at ski school.

Finally, after two years of trying to get her to ski, Mar is ready to hit the slopes.

Much to Bill's dismay, she chose skiing over snowboarding (he's hoping she'll change her mind ... soon!).

I was thoroughly pleased with the children's ski school at local ski hill. They really go to great lengths to have fun with the kids.

Here's Mar learning to snow plow in the little dish near the bunny slope.

We were secretly watching her (and taking pictures). To our great amusement, we noticed that whenever she would snow plow to stop, she would bend her arms down like she was doing some kind of Rerun dance.

But I almost cried when I saw my little nut waiting in line and then boarding the chairlift for the first time.

You can't see her well, but she's there, on the lift in the chair on the lower right.



I waited with baited breath for her to come down the bunny hill.

Finally we could see her little form (in the center) snow plowing down, traversing across the mountain.

She did great and really enjoyed it. The instructor even said that Mar is very coordinated!

So it seems we'll be spending more time on the mountain this year ... maybe I'll even get back to riding the snow.

(To see more pictures of Mar on her first ski outing, go to here.