I had some coupons for free skate sessions at Polar Ice so I thought it would be fun to take Kyle & Caleb ice skating. Claire and Emily like to ice skate so I invited them to go with me. Plus two 4 year old boys who have never been ice skating and one uncoordinated mom sounds like a recipe for disaster so the extra hands would be nice.
We got everyone's skates on and the boys were feeling pretty confident but they were still on the carpet. That changed after we got on the ice. The first go around took us probably 10 minutes and the boys were ready to go home. I took the boys back to the benches to rest while the girls went out for a little while. After a few minutes they were ready to go and try it again. It got better but we would have to take a break after each lap. At one point the boys were able to hang out for awhile with a class that was going on. This lady was teaching some kids how to keep their balance on the ice and the tips really helped Kyle & Caleb out a lot. It made a huge difference in how they skated. They were actually able to go around on their own a couple of times after that. I think one of the hardest parts for me was trying to take the pictures. I'm not very good at ice skating to begin with but I had to skate backwards while trying to take pictures. I'm amazed I didn't fall and break something!
We stayed about 1 1/2 hours before the boys were ready to call it a day. They were tired and hungry and Kyle just flat out refused to go around again. It wasn't worth fighting so we turned in our skates and went to lunch.
It was a lot of fun and the boys have asked several times since we went if we could go again. They said they would like to take Seth and Chris with us but I wish them luck with that. Neither of them have a real desire to ice skate so we'll have to see if Kyle and Caleb can actually persuade them to go with us.
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