We Have a Skater

Margot had her first skating lesson on Wednesday. By a minute in, she was balancing and moving around. Her favorite part was when the teacher made them fall down on purpose and then get back up. She decided that Daddy would benefit from this, so she invited him to skate with her this weekend so that she could teach him what she had learned.

Margot had been out skating with Daddy before, but she had always borrowed Daddy's balance and momentum. This time was so different! After doing a few laps with Daddy, she wanted to skate all by herself.



It was so wonderful to see how happy Daddy and Margot were skating together.



Isla and Mommy even had fun watching them and dancing to the music.

First Time On Skates

Margot has two desires in life (three if you count wanting to be a princess). She wants to play ice hockey like Daddy and do ballet. We gave her a leg up on the first dream by finally taking her ice skating.

The first surprise came when she let Daddy put the skates on and didn't complain once about how tight they were. This was a big issue when we bought the skates.



Oddly, getting the helmet on was a bit of a challenge, but then she was safe to go out on the ice.



And they were off. There was some falling over and some holding on to the wall.







When Margot came off, she was so happy and excited. She laughed when she told me about falling over and how not-very-bad it was.





Isla slept most of the time and woke up to celebrate her big sister's accomplishment.



Next year Margot will be old enough to take lessons. None of us can wait!