Mini Update - Grayson Skiing

Grayson has been trying to ski, and tonight he was less afraid and tried a bit more. He still has some work to do with the "pizza wedge" or "snow plow" but he's getting better with his balance and his courage!!! I'm going to try and add a video of one of his ski runs!

This video took place prior to his lessons. We, meaning my sister and I, would have placed him in lessons right away, but with it being Spring break and all, the lessons were booked early in the week. We thought we would get him started and see how things worked. It was interesting, but as time went on, he became more confident. I showed him that it wasn't so bad if he fell, by demonstrating that a few times. So, this is one of the videos from Wednesday night. This is his third round of skiing under the rudimentary tutelage of Sheila and I. We got out at night under the lights so we avoided the crowds. This ended up being a good strategy as he was plenty distracted as it was. He was enjoying himself this night even though it was icy after a very warm day.

What we learned from the instructor was that he didn't have the musculature to create the "wedge," or as the instructor called it, the "arrow." He had a little device that screwed to the end of Grayson's ski's with some surgical type tubing between the attachment points, which helped Grayson maintain the shape that he needed. It's called an "Edgy Wedgie" or something like that.

So, there it is. I was too busy to try and catch a video while we were skiing after his lesson. It was a lot of fun watching him