Our ward had a family ice skating night back in February. None of our kids have ever been ice skating, and it has been years since Kyle or I have gone. We were so excited for the opportunity to be able to go with our whole family.
Two adults and four kids 5 and under ice skating?? No big deal, right? Bring it on!
One of the biggest challenges was that we had three young and inexperienced but independent ice skaters, but for most of the evening, only ever had access to one ice skating aid since there were so many other families with kids there. We usually had all three girls and a parent piled up on one. It was quite the experience, but, hey, it (mostly) worked, and they were still happy!
The other challenge: ice skating while holding an infant. I am not a super experienced ice skater myself. It always takes me a while to get used to it, and trying to hold Waits while also trying not to slip and fall was nerve wracking, to say the least.
Kyle had a much better solution that everyone, especially Waits, was thrilled about:
He loved it so much! How stinkin' cute is that???
Once the pizza arrived and most of the families made their way over to where dinner was, a few more skating aids freed up and our girls could each have their own. We were basically the only family left on the ice, and even when we told out girls there was pizza, they didn't want to leave, they were having so much fun. Check out their skating skills. You can see Minnette and Aurelle in the background:
By the end, all three were much more confident and would venture out skating completely on their own, and they did awesome! But by the end, Jovi was a little tired of falling, I think:
We had so much fun ice skating and will be doing this as a family or daddy/mommy-daughter date this summer, for sure!
1 comment:
Super cute . . . Love the skater aides (I have never seen those before - great idea).
Waits really loved skating with Kyle, Kyle is a genius.
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