Ice Skating

A few weeks ago Jon had a family work party.  The kids were so excited to go this year because they were having ice skating.  None of the kids had ever tried it before, but they all knew they would be experts.

The party was at the Gallivan Center, so it was pretty cold.  But, there was hot chocolate and donuts to be had when it got too cold to be outside.

When we sent all the kids out to the car, we forgot to check and make sure that they all had coats.  As a result, Kale ended up without a coat at the skating rink.  It was super freezing, so Jon tried to make his coat work the best that he could.  Good thing Jon is always so warm, or he might have been pretty sad.

 The kids picked up ice skating pretty fast -- due in large part, I'm sure, to hours spent on rollerblades at the Snarr's.  Rachel was the first to break away from the comfort of the wall.  Then Kale, though his transition wasn't nearly as smooth. But, no matter how many times he fell, he was always happy to drag himself back to standing and try it again.  Hallie was the most cautious about leaving the safety of the side rails, but even she was skating without assistance by the end.

 Sky was a constant wall holder, which makes sense since she has a hard time keeping balance just in shoes.  Since I wasn't skating, I just walked around the edges of the rink and held Sky's hand over the rail.  The kids (and Jon) skated for hours, and then we called it quits.  Suffice it to say, the kids now think we should go ice skating all the time; either that, or we should at least buy roller blades for everyone.