When we got to the rink, it was quite obvious that the girls were going to love it. Taelyn ran to the boards surrounding the ice, saw Justin and some of my students, and immediately asked to be lifted over the wall. Kaelia kept screaming Happy Feet as she saw all of the action.
Next, we found out that the rink had skates in Taelyn's size (real skates, not the double blades), so we put those on to see how she could handle it. She rushed over to my students again, and they spent most of the evening holding her hands and skating her around the rink. Kaelia did not have skates, but that didn't stop her from getting on the ice. She LOVED skating (or more like sliding in her shoes) between her daddy's legs because he was so fast on the ice. The wind left a permanent smile and slicked back hair! By the end of the night, Taelyn said good-bye to my students and just wanted to skate with her daddy. She also liked how fast they went and couldn't seem to get enough.
Once the social was over, we returned our skates and headed out. Taelyn was pretty upset to see that we were actually leaving and not just taking a break. We have heard several pleas from her since then to go skating again. Justin is so excited that his girls not only loved being on the ice like their daddy, but that Taelyn wore her first pair of skates at the age of two. That is even earlier than Justin was when he first skated!
The quality of the pictures below are not great because of the lighting in the ice rink, but they do capture to moment!
Justin and Kaelia skate together.
Justin and Taelyn get a turn together.
The whole skating gang!
Taelyn in action!
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