First time Ice Skating

Ice skating and I have a love/hate relationship. I have never been very good at it and it really kind of hurts my ankles. So when I found out, this is what we were doing for my nephews fourth birthday party, I was well, a little less then excited. But wow, can I change my opinion on that. I have not had this much fun with the boys in awhile. As you will see from the pictures, none of us ever really mastered this, but the entertainment, excitement, and funny faces were well worth it. At first it just started out with Eli and I on the ice, but Ethan, being the determined little stink that he is was not having that, He had to get out on the ice too. And Grandma, being the ever supportive Grandma that she is, ran and got him some skates so he could try it out too. More on that later. So now to the fun part. The really cute pictures.

This first picture is about the funniest thing ever. Their faces are so priceless. Eli was screaming, he just wanted to go and Ethan, just relaxing on his arms like....really, can we just go already. I just think it is really funny.

Ethan with his skate mate and his brother close at hand to make sure he doesn't fall. He is such a good big brother.

Ethan was so excited to get out on the ice. Look at this face. He was having a hard time staying on his feet all the time and he would sometimes slip, but for how young he is, I thought he did amazingly well and he had soo much fun.

This is pretty much how I spent the whole night. Bent over holding one of the two boys up, but Eli did actually eventually get pretty good at it and then I was mostly just helping Ethan. It was a team effort and I think it took all of us there at one time or another to help keep them up. But they had so much fun and it was a really good experience for them.

Ethan showing off his moves.

Like I said.... a group effort.

Eli doing it pretty much all by himself. He was doing so well by the end of the night.

Go Eli!!! We are so proud of you.

Eli all ready in his skates and ready to get out on the ice.

Thanks Heather for inviting us to Corbins party. We had so much fun and the boys loved it. Happy Birthday Corbin! We love you soooo much.