{"id":9477,"date":"2012-12-18T20:31:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T01:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2013-01-05T21:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:03:20","slug":"skating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=9477","title":{"rendered":"Skating"},"content":{"rendered":"

We made it, barely, to the Skate with Santa program this evening. It’s really hard getting out the door with kids in the evening. We were all tired from the day. I worked all day and after school I took Lex to get his hair cut so we didn’t really have much time at home. I asked them to do two simple chores before dinner and they didn’t do them, or homework, so we had a bit of a struggle, but eventually we made it. It was one of those situations were I wasn’t looking forward to the getting there or the home afterwards parts, but I knew we would all have fun when we were there. So we went, and we had fun. Turns out Santa doesn’t know how to ice skate. He sat off the rink and was available for (expensive) photos. I don’t think many people did it. He kept trying to talk with Eve while we were getting her skates on and off. She giggled, but wasn’t interested in engaging with him. :)<\/p>\n

Here are a few pics and a short video. In the video you can see Lex in the middle wearing a bright orange hat. We forgot helmets. Oops! Several grown-ups there were concerned for their little noggins, but fortunately we all survived!<\/p>\n

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Lex<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eve<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m always amazed at how quickly they pick things up! It was also fun to see some of their classmates who were practically born on skates. Skating is a big deal around here. These kids were playing tag and hide-n-seek and other silly things, all on skates. They were as fluid on skates as they are in sneakers!<\/p>\n