I used to love to ice skate, and we have never taken the kids. Joshua is so overly-cautious, that he hasn't even been willing to try. Sarah has wanted to try recently, and Zachary just goes with the flow. So last week, I decided we were getting up at the crack of dawn this morning for the opening of the Ice Terrace at Crown Center. They had free skating from 6-9 this morning along with bagels and hot chocolate. Joshua complained last week when I told him he didn't have a choice, but he quickly quit and said he would try. A friend from Church went as well (she is Zachary's Sunday School Teacher's daughter). The kids all had a blast, though I have to say it was really strange to be outside ice skating in 65 degree weather (supposed to be 75 today). Even Jason went with us for a while before he had to come back for work! We stayed for all 3 hours.
Joshua did great! He went around a few times mostly holding onto the wall, but then he started doing it on his own. He never got too far from the wall though. He did enjoy it and wants to do it again.
Zachary has roller blades, so I thought he might do okay, but he was more scared than I thought he would be. Then this lady took a real interest in him, and it turned out that she is a figure skating coach, and she spent quite a bit of time with him (she's the lady in the yellow coat in the pics). By the end, he was getting the hang of it, and loved it so much he wants to go do it again tomorrow.
And Sarah, who I thought would do awesome, just carried on a lot. I don't know if she was tired or afraid or what. By the end, though, she was having a blast (and she really did pretty well), and she wants to go back too.
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