Tonight was the first night EVER that any of the 3 boys got on a pair of ice skates and tried to prove they were hockey loving Minnesotans at heart. Jake and I had a hunch on how things would go... boy were we wrong! Andy took to it like he had been secretly taking lessons behind our backs. Ryan (on double bladed skates, so it isn't quite the same) just blew us all away. Justin did great but went into it thinking he would just get on the ice and magically, poof! He knew how to skate. Not so much.
See, that is Justin's precious little butt about to slam into the snowy ice for the first time. He was definitely a tripper, er, uh, I mean TROOPER the whole night, and worked so hard to stay up on his feet.
Then there was Andy...who somehow was turning and going places in his skates by the end of the night. I gotta steal our buddy Johnny Test's line for this one... "Woah! Didn't see that coming!" He did great- way to go Andy!!
I know, I know. Skates with double blades on the bottom make it A LOT easier to skate, but he is 2 1/2! Let me have this minute to brag him up. He was wobbly in the warming house...I though that maybe we were making a mistake. Then... WTF??? I realized that about 40 minutes into our giggles, I hear this Skliiissshhh, sklisshh, sklisshh sound. I turned around to see Ryan's little feet in a blur.. think Road Runner BEEP!BEEP!. He is running. I stop, Jake stops, and amazingly, Andy and Justin stop and we all just stare. At Ryan. Running on the ice in his brand. new. skates. I say out loud, "And Ryan is running." He stopped his little feet and the stinker just kept on gliding- with the biggest smile on his face. Yes, honey. We are proud of you too :)
So we had a great night. Lots of falls, many on purpose, just because. And lots and lots of laughs and not to mention, a few proud little boys on our hands. When can we do it again?
So we had a great night. Lots of falls, many on purpose, just because. And lots and lots of laughs and not to mention, a few proud little boys on our hands. When can we do it again?
How fun. I got skates for all of us this year too. We had planned on skating in Chicago but just didn't have time. The boys look like they really had a good time. That's funny about Ryan. Lauren is the same way. I suppose being the youngest of three has something to do with it!
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun. I bet that would have been great to skate in Chicago... kind of like a movie :) And yeah-- I really think being the youngest of 3 kids has a lot to do with how tough he is. You can't be a pushover with 2 older siblings!!
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