Skeeting

Since Dada's all-time favorite hobby is snowboarding, he has always wanted to get our kids on the slopes as early as possible. So we decided to take them to Snow Creek in Weston, Missouri to try it out. Myelle wears a size 6 shoe and Brett was sure they would have ski boots her size. As it turned out the smallest size they had was an 11 or 12. Myelle was pretty upset to have to watch on the sidelines, and when Kyler needed a couple sizes bigger than his shoe size I decided to try the smallest boots on Myelle. They were a little big but she was able to walk around in them. Since they weren't too heavy for her to move we decided to give it a try. SHE LOVED IT!!!

In fact, she would get mad when we grabbed her hand to slow her down when she got going faster. She obviously wasn't able to do a whole lot, like turn or stop, but she did stay upright (her low center of gravity is helpful here) and scoot herself around on her skis.

She wore out much earlier than Kyler but exceeded our expectations by far. I was sore the next few days from carrying her and her heavy ski boots. (I tried to carry her as much as possible so she wouldn't wear out so fast trying to get herself around.) For weeks after this she was constantly wanting to "go skeeting."

Update 02/2015: We took a trip to Colorado to ski and Myelle was not cooperative at all. She acted like a wet noodle any time we set her down. We later found out she was sick with hand, foot, and mouth disease and can only assume that's why she was uninterested.