We went ice skating in February at a nearby outdoor rink. The ChemE grad student organization reserved the whole rink for the grad students that night, which made it a lot less crowed than last year.
It was also not a well attended activity because it was about 13 degrees that night. We wore lots of layers and took plenty of indoor breaks.
Dallin really enjoyed it. He skated on his own, albeit very very slowly. He fell down several times, but he did most of the falling on purpose. I guess slipping on your butt is more fun when you have lots of padding.
Connor took one step on the ice and started to freak out because it was "too slippery!" He screamed until we removed him from the ice. Even skating while holding onto someone was too terrifying for him. He didn't seem to remember that he enjoyed skating a year ago when he was only 1 and less coordinated than now. So Connor stood right outside the rink and watched us skate the whole time.
Notice the cool two-blade kid skates strapped onto his tennis shoes? Even with the support of an extra blade, he did not like the ice.
Connor had more fun hanging out inside and taking pictures of people.
He really likes taking pictures with our digital camera (what little kid doesn't?) and his pictures are actually semi-decent with a flash.
He took a few pictures of other friends at the rink:
And Dallin took this one, so the photographers could be in a picture too.
We had fun, despite the cold and Connor's ice aversion. Maybe he'll like it again next year.
2 comments:
An outdoor rink! So cool. Lucas has really been wanting us to take him ice skating. Looks like you had fun!
Those kids skates are so clever! I've never lived somewhere very cold, so things like building snowmen and ice skating seem magical to me.
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