What is one of our favorite activities when it's over 100 outside? Ice skating! We actually decided to try this because sweet daughter was insistent that she wants to be an ice hockey player when she grows up. We figured we should let the kids try skating to see if they actually enjoy it.
Since I don't skate, I took tons of photos of wonderful husband teaching them to skate. They started by just feeling what it's like to be on ice and balancing on skates.
We did put them in pants and even remembered mittens. We didn't think to check the length of her shirt when her hands were up, so her stomach got a little chilly. Oops
Fairly quickly, they were skating while only holding one hand.
She really thought she could skate by herself... it was a good way to learn how to get back up and try again if nothing else. By the end of our time there, I was approached by one of the ice skating coaches who wanted to recruit sweet daughter to her team. When I pointed out that she was too young, the coach offered to get her a waiver. We turned them down. Right now we just want her ice skating for fun and if she wants to compete later we can wait till she's old enough.
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