Ice skating

Yesterday, we took the kids ice skating at this little rink just down from our house.  

It is an area that has sand volleyball in the summers and ice skating in the winters.  Crazy, huh?

Anyway, Brian had been ice skating before, as a child.  Me, nope, never.  And I stink at roller skating, so I had even lower expectations on the ice.

Heck, I tripped and fell the day before while talking Moose for a walk in our neighborhood.

But, Colin had been REALLY wanting to go, and he informed me that he watched a video on how to ice skate, so he could teach me when we got there.  

Brian was a natural, and only wiped out one time while trying to do a fancy "ice spraying" move for Colin.

Colin picked it up really quickly (thank goodness, he must have Brian's balance!)

There were lots of little kids out there learning, so it was a lot of fun.

Maggie and I hung pretty close to the walls and never let go of the device that helped those with little balance keep from falling over.  

She was out on the ice for about an hour - then decided she'd had enough and wanted some hot chocolate.  I was an easy sell - and we went inside.

We had some nachos and hot chocolate to warm up for a bit while Brian did a few more laps on the ice.  Such a show-off ;)

Not a bad outing for our first time - I definitely think Brian should go again with Colin, those 2 had so much fun!