Sunday, January 13, 2013

First time Ice Skating

Last Sunday the girls and I went ice skating with India's Girl Scout troop. It was the girls' first time on the ice and they did great. At first they were a little apprehensive; especially when they first stood up in their skates. On dry land Jordyn was confident and India was less than thrilled at the limitations on her usual speedy self. Linwood had to work so I was not sure how I would juggle the girls on skates, but I knew I would get it done. On our first lap around the girls were not excited. I tried taking them both at the same time, then I tried helping each one go about 10 feet at a time. I must have looked pretty pathetic because it wasn't long before a troop dad came and offered to help India. That was awesome! He had her zipping around and she LISTENED to his directions :-) Jordyn and I were doing much better as well. Jordyn is naturally athletic and she has great balance and instinct. She did a great job listening to my hints and we were moving along pretty good. After one lap around Jordyn announced that she was "done" and ready go home. We found her a spot on a bench and returned to the rink to pick up India. India's confidence just soared! She was trying to do tricks while holding on to the wall and laughing even when she fell. We went around 2 more times and stopped to check on Jordyn. She had her skates untied and one of them off but we managed to convince her to come out on the ice with us again. This time around India was ready to be done and Jordyn was having a ball. She said, "I was scared but now I'm not and this is really fun." Thoughts after skating: India said, "I didn't like that at all. Mom, can I take lessons?" Jordyn has asked at least 3 times this week when we could go skating again.
The girls watching the zamboni

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