Field Trip Friday

This week we went Ice Skating. I thought it would be fun to take Pinky... oh boy, did I instantly regret that decision the minute we stepped onto the ice! Pinky really was excited to go and I was excited to take her! She loved getting the shoes, walking around in them, checking out the snack bar... then she realized there was MORE... there was the 'ice' part of ICE skating. She saw her sister and her friends fearlessly step onto the ice and glide away. She tried joining them. But to her utter dismay, she couldn't move 2 inches out there on the ice without falling. Which is naturally where the parent (that being ME) would step in and help her, hold her hand... all that good stuff. No, she didn't want help. She insisted on doing it herself, falling, and lastly screaming at me, as if she thought I surely must be pushing her down.
So, here she is at first... sort of liking it, trying to smile and have fun...

It instantly turned to this, in literally 30 seconds of being on the ice.

She finally just left and spent the rest of the two hours we were there hanging out in the arcade.

It was FREEZING though. I expected the ice room to be cold, but the WHOLE building was cold. I think because it was 14 degrees outside! We bought several cups of hot chocolate!
Note to self... next time leave Pinky with a friend...


Now, Belle on the other hand was a skating champion! She's never been before, and I was suprised at how fast she picked it up, and loved it! She skated the whole 2 hours. Half she time she stuck by her friends and they skated together. The other half she went off by herself and tried new things. At one point she was spinning in circles. Granted they were slow and she kept falling... but she tried!!


Then after the two hours, we all went to get ice cream!