Advent Calendar: Ice Skating

On Friday the Advent Calendar sent us to Forest Park to ice skate.  The kids were excited all day!  They were excited when they left for school, excited when they got home from school, was more excited when Mike finally got home from work so we could go.....Mike on the other hand, had had a long day at work, and was not so excited.  HA!  We tried to bargain a movie night instead and they were having none of it.  So we bundled up and headed to Forest Park.  SOOOO glad we did, cause the kids had a blast!

Maddie was terrible at first, but by the end could do a little scooting all by herself and was very proud of herself!  Peyton could glide around from the time we got there.  And Jack......Jack is so funny!!  He was TERRIBLE then we got there.  Falling all over the place, but so determined!!!  After the first hour, he finally made it one full lap without falling, and he was all smiles and so proud!!  By the end of it, he was having a blast and gliding right along.

I missed the funny part of the night.  By the end of it, Maddie was literally falling asleep on her skates.  I went and sat down with her and within 5 minutes she was asleep on my lap.  But while Maddie and I were off in the corning sleeping.......Peyton must've been a little too cocky.  Mike said him and Jack were scooting along and Peyton had turned around to wait for them.  Once the boys got close to her, she replied, "SUCKER!!!" and was gonna dart off!!  Didn't work out like she had planned, as she WIPED out and then they boys scooted on by and got to holler "sucker" at her instead!!!  ha!!!

 This was Jack after her made his first lap without falling, hence the #1 he's holding up!  :)

This is Jack at the end.  See how "snowy" he looks.....this is proof of how much time Jack's body spends on the ice....HA!