Melanie and Sophie joined us at doggie park again this morning. This time, she caught a shot of Kevin as he played Tarzan on the spruce branch as I prevented the lower branch from hitting him as it sprung upward.
The greatest excitement of the day was to go ice skating with Grandma and Melanie! The ice arena has "walkers" for children to use as they learn to skate. They are a wonderful crutch to help kids learn to stand up and begin to move on skates.
Learning to glide is a difficult thing as the natural tendency is to try to walk. Kevin ended up flat on the ice many times. Usually in good humor!
I worried about his sometimes short frustration level, but he only had a few moments of frustration. Melanie was indispensable in helping him!!!
We skated for for nearly 1.5 hours. By the end he was venturing out on the ice without the walker.
Another friend who coaches 7 year old hockey teams gave Kevin some pointers -- like looking straight ahead instead of at his feet. He felt Kevin was doing very well for his first time on skates.
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