We went ice skating. Carmen kept talking about how excited she was for her skates. She wanted purple ones of course. When told there probably wouldn't be purple skates, she said she would opt for pink as her second choice. She got brown skates but didn't seem to mind. Boy were they cute. So small. She was happy to put them on and even happy to walk around in them to practice her balance. Then came the ice...
Not so happy about that part. We held hands and she quickly protested. "I don't like it. It's slippery" is what she kept saying. We made it about 10 feet around before taking to the bench to watch the others. Carmen was happy to sit, kick her skates, wave and cheer as everyone went around even mom, though not as gracefully. Then, with 5 minutes left, she finally cooperated and said she would try it. She still protested and fussed a little, but she did it. After one lap around she said she wanted more. Not so bad after all. After two laps, she was done. Ok by me. She tried something new and actually enjoyed it once she got going. We then went out for pizza to celebrate.
Yay for family, yay for girl's night!
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