Ice Skating

Oh, what do you do in the winter time in Arizona? Go ice skating, of course. We have to pretend to need warm clothes and justify it somehow. Katie had a girl scout activity to go ice skating. It sounded like a fabulous idea so Christian and I tagged along. We haven't gone since we were in Idaho, partly because I didn't even know this rink existed, and so close to our house too. Did you know that they now of blue plastic ice skates to rent? I think it is cheaper to buy and has less chance of passing along athlete's foot, but they are definitely NOT comfortable. But it was still worth going.

The last time we went in Idaho Christian was 3 1/2 at the most. It was a futile effort as he couldn't stay up at all and we were trying to drag him as we went. This time, as soon as he got his skates on he got on the ice without even letting me know. The nerve! I think he was determined to not have any help from M-O-M. He clung to that wall like his new best friend. I passed him several times and he proudly told me that he had only fallen once. I showed him some basic movements to help him glide on the ice (which is ALL I know) and he went off the side and never went back. When he fell and I tried to pick him up he declared, "I don't need help mom, let me go." Well, alrighty then Mr. Independent. So I didn't, the rest of the time, which he loved.

Balance....balance....

Katie was off of the wall pretty fast. She remembered our last time ice skating and felt like she had the upper hand, even though she had had a very rough time of it when she was 5 1/2. Somehow she remembered all that was good about it. The brownies from her troop pretty much stayed together the entire time talking and giggling and supporting one another. Some of the girls were terrified of letting go of the sides at first and they helped by taking their hands and holding them as they went around and around and around. I think that all of our feet hurt pretty well after we got the skates off, but it was a lot of fun.

Faces of like this, make it all worth it!