Maida's Last Skating Lesson

Just like any other Monday night, we went to ice skating lessons earlier this week. This particular Monday night, however, was more special than any other Monday night because it was the last night of skating and there was going to be a cookie-and-juice party afterwards. We arrived, got Maida's skates on, and then we were able to watch two of the advanced skaters perform for us. Maida really liked that they were skating to music and "dancing." As we were sitting there focusing on the skater, someone walked up and sat down by us. It was Daddy! He surprised us and showed up to watch Maida skate! She was so excited that he was there! Just before she got on the ice, he said, "Maida," and she stopped, turned around, and looked at him, and he said, "Do really good, okay? Show me how well you can skate." She looked at him and said, "Okay!!" with a big huge smile on her face!

She went out and did her best ever! It was so cute because she kept looking up into the bleachers to make sure that we were watching her! When she would see us, we'd wave and give her thumbs up, and she'd smile so super-de-duper big. We were so proud of our little two-year-old.

The only disappointing thing that happened was that our camera died two minutes into the lesson, so we had to record her on Erik's phone. Not only are the videos really poor quality, but I can't piece them together into anything that will be very interesting for others to watch. So these are mainly for the grandparents and aunts and uncles... (Oh, I also can't get the sound to come through on these videos - sorry! And if you can't figure out which one she is, she's the one in dark pants and a pink jacket. If you want to just watch one of these for a few seconds, watch the third video, and fast forward it to second 42.)

During the lesson they give the kids little bean balls to throw and retrieve to work on skating and bending over and standing up.

She has a cute little wipe out in this video, but hasn't quite mastered the art of standing up! Sometimes she can and sometimes she can't. At least she tries, though!

One of the teachers drew a maze on the ice with a marker for the kids to follow. Maida did a great job of trying to follow the lines and got so excited saying, "I did it! I did it! I did it!" while flapping her arms up and down when she thought that she had completed the maze!