Catch me if you Can Ice Show

At the end of the Ice Skating season they let the kids do a little ice show. Keep in mind that ice skating lessons and the show are free with our gym membership so its not a professional thing. Maddie's class got assigned to be celebrities and paparazzi-Maddie was a paparazzi so her costume was super easy, all black. Maddie had a blast performing so it was worth sitting through the 2 and a half hour show!

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Funny Kids

**The other night I was reading the kids, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and all the letters in the alphabet are on the back page. Just for fun I asked Sophie, where's S? And sure enough she pointed to it. I was surprised, I didn't know she knew her letters. Next we said where's O and then continued through all the letters of her name. She got every single one right. Maddie and I were laughing so hard everytime we gave her a new letter to point out and she got it right. I couldn't believe she knew them!

**When I was cooking dinner the other night I looked into the family room where the kids were and I'm glad I did so I could catch a little special moment. Garen was hugging Sophie on the couching saying, "I love you Sophie" and Sophie was rubbing his head. So sweet! I'm glad they love each other even though they fight so much.

**I was getting stuff out of Maddie's backpack and when I lifted it up I wondered why it was so dang heavy. I mean heavier than normal, she usually is caring library books, homework, lunch box, PE shoes, snowpants, waterbottle, snacks, etc. But this felt heavier than all that. I get to the bottom and she has a coat hood chuck full of rocks, I'm talking at least 10 lbs of them!!! I have no idea what she was planning on doing with them, but I made her go dump them back out into the field!

We missed a few ice skating classes due to mine and Sophie's couple weeks of sickness. But Maddie managed to move up to the next level anyway. She's getting very good. Garen enjoyed his first set of classes. Luckily he has some very patient and nice teachers!
Everytime I tried to take pictures of Maddie and Garen on the ice, Sophie would step in front of the camera and say "no, picture of me, picture of me." There's a reason this little girl calls herself a princess.

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Garen's First Ice Skating Lessons

Garen did so good at his first ice skating lesson. He loved finding the foam matches. Luckily Maddie's lessons are at the same time. So Sophie is the only one left out and she lets me know it. She repeats the whole time the kids are getting ready, "my skates", "my ice."

After ice skating we always have to take a few minutes to play at the play place-




And here's Garen on the bar at gymnastics. He loves going and playing with his friends there!

Ice Skating

Today I got to take the kids ice skating. Garen is still wobbly and learning and gets a little frustrated falling down, but Maddie zooms by me backwards and has far surpassed my ice skating skills.
It was really fun to spend the afternoon with Maddie and Garen, after ice skating we played in the play place a while, and then grabbed lunch at Sage Creek bagel, and then rented Despicable Me to watch.

I never knew what Garen was going to do next, cry or laugh hysterically, or both at the same time-

Maddie at her ice skating lessons-

Ice Skating with the Girl Scouts

I had so much fun ice skating with the Girl Scouts. I didn't even fall.
Maddie showing me her stand on her toe trick-

Ice Skating

Maddie started Ice Skating lessons up again about a week ago. She loves it and always wants to stay after lessons for free skate!