Went ice skating yesterday at the Frog Pond. \u00a0Was going to be an interesting experience given that I haven’t been on skates in 20+ years, \u00a0and Kerry does not skate. \u00a0K, the 6 yr old, has been roller skating, so I expect her to do what she always does, stay on her feet and be pulled around. \u00a0E, the 4yr old, I expect to be terrified and not want to do it. \u00a0No idea what B, the 2yr old, will do.<\/p>\n
At first it was as expected – K went all around the rink with frequent stops along the boards, while E screamed from the minute her skates touched the ice and sat back down 30 seconds later saying “I want to go home.”<\/p>\n
B, however, was a surprise. \u00a0“My turn! \u00a0Me next!” he screamed, trying to run for the ice on skates. \u00a0Well, at first I tried holding his hand and towing him – no good, he doesn’t have nearly the balance. \u00a0Then I try putting him up along the rail to pull himself along. \u00a0Still no good, he’s too short. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I did one of those silly Dad things. \u00a0(A long time ago, when we only had K, I once put her on my shoulders while we tried to fly a kite. \u00a0At the beach, in the sand. \u00a0Yeah, you try running in the sand with a small child on your shoulders and not dying.) \u00a0 \u00a0This time I bent over, held my son up by his armpits, and then began skating. \u00a0He went bananas. Good \u00a0bananas, that is. \u00a0His skates were going every which way, I’m not even sure they were on the ice at all points, but he didn’t care, he was flying. \u00a0With frequent stops at the boards (for Daddy this time), we made it all the way around. \u00a0<\/p>\n
So when it was E’s turn again, I decided to try the same thing. \u00a0Luckily she’s taller so I wasn’t bent over quite so bad. \u00a0But guess what? \u00a0She loved it too! \u00a0So now here’s dad, first time on skates in 20+ years, skating laps bent over 90 degrees like something out of the Olympic speedskating trials, carrying 40lbs of weight in front of him.<\/p>\n
I can’t move at all today, but who cares, it was a great time. \u00a0I would never have imagined that all three of them would love it (gotta love when \u00a0you tell the 2yr old boy it’s his turn and he says “Yay!” and jumps off the bench). \u00a0Looking forward to finding some time to go again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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