Skating

Jaycie loves skating. I feel bad because we don't go near enough, especially this year. The rink has been open for weeks and this was the first time we have gone. It's a little more tricky with a baby since Jeff has to be around to watch her. But we finally made it and we all had fun. Bryce is slowing getting the hang of it although his favourite thing for me to do is for me to wrap my arms under his shoulders and go speeding fast around the rink while he just glides and doesn't work at all. If I was super woman maybe I could do that for the whole hour but after a lap or two I'm tired and need a break and plus he needs to learn how to skate. It's fun teaching him a new skill and seeing him get excited when he can go a little on his own and do it. I love seeing his face light up like that.

Jaycie is a skating pro. For how little we go she sure is good at it. She can jump on the ice, glide on one foot and is very confident. Nothing like her mother at that age. I was terrified and would only push with one foot because I was too scared to lift the other foot off the ice because I might fall. I'm glad Jaycie isn't a scaredy cat like I was. I wasn't able to do the monkey bars for years because I was scared of falling so I sat by and watched all the other kids have fun while I stayed on the ground jealous and feeling left out because I was too scared. There were many other things that I couldn't/wouldn't do because I was scared. Climbing anything like fences or trees etc, I was just a plain old wimp and scaredy cat. I still am a bit but have grown out a lot. So it just makes me glad that Jaycie isn't like me in that aspect because I missed out on a lot of experiences and fun because I was always too scared. Most things come easily and natural for her like monkey bars, skating, biking, scootering, climbing, piano, etc.