Ice Skating

One of the things that the girls really wanted to do over the Christmas break was to go ice skating.  They had been practicing on Nellie's roller skates and were dying to go.  We found a rink down in the ghetto that was really inexpensive so we went.  Who knew we would have so much fun!  It was a blast!

They thought they would need to get all bundled up but it wasn't that cold and almost immediately they took off their gear.

Lizzy wanted to skate with us at the beginning but then went off with Jacob soon after.

Nellie was very independent.  She did SO good I am so proud of her.  She became such a great little ice skater.  She would get going so fast and even when she would fall down she would get right back up.  It was really cute how she would skate.  She would keep one leg in place and just use the other one to get moving, kind of like pushing a scooter.  It was really cute.

Lizzy spent a lot of time with Jakey just messing around.  They had so much fun together on this trip.

Kevy was so cute out there skating.  He had never been ice skating before but it isn't too much different than rollerblading and he did just great.

The kids had so much fun going.  We are going to have to go again soon.

Janie didn't do very well.  She would  just sag and you had to hold her up to skate with her. It was really hard to do.  She is just a little too young I think

Mr. Russ did so good just hanging out in his seat and watching everyone.  Of course a lot of people came up and told me what a cute baby he is.  One little girl kept coming up and grabbing his hands and getting in his face, I didn't want to be rude but I really didn't want her touching him.