Up on skates!

This weekend flew by - if only we had one more day to actually relax...  That's not to say we didn't have fun - sitting and relaxing was just not on our agenda.  We did buy the kids their first pairs of ice skates and went out this morning.  It was a beautiful, sunny, 35 degree morning and we were the only ones at the rink.  They were both excited to try it after seeing us skate last weekend.  Hadley was steady on her feet and was able to push her chair around the ice a little bit.  She quickly tired though and wanted her boots back on.  Miles stayed in his skates the whole time we were at the rink.  He was less steady on his feet - the idea of bending your knees but continuing to stand and then pushing off side-to-side to move was difficult but he persisted. He'd fall, laugh and pull himself back up again.  I was very proud of both of them.  Once Hadley was in boots and Miles was practicing on his own Mike and I laced up our skates to zip around the rink.

We also played on the huge pile of snow in front of our house and went sledding with the Sievers.