Adventures in Ice Skating

This winter has been particularly hard for Nathan because it's been too cold for Tate to go outside and play, which means Nathan can't go outside. This means that Nathan has a lot of extra energy and spends most of his afternoons bouncing off the walls and going stir crazy in the house.

In looking for a way to distract him, I came across information on our local ice skating rink and ice skating lessons. After some debate, I thought Nathan might enjoy learning how to ice skate. But before signing him up for an 8 week session, I figured I'd better take him to the rink for a public session to see if he even liked it. I thought it might be a fun activity for Mommy and Nathan to do together (Daddy doesn't know how to ice skate, so this activity would be left up to Mommy).

Since I hadn't gone in ten years, I invited my sister to come along. We thought Nathan would be scared at first and get tired quickly, but to our amazement he went right out on the ice and spent the next 45 minutes going around the rink. The three of us had such a good time. Nathan was so proud of himself for doing well, he even let go of our hands a couple of times to try skating on his own. We had to bribe him with an Icee drink to get him to leave. He seemed to be a natural at ice skating, so needless to say we'll be signing him up for lessons this week.