We had discussed a few times going ice skating with the girls... but had never gone. Philadelphia has a GREAT rink, called the River Rink on the Delaware River at Penn's Landing. Between having NOTHING to do this weekend (which is totally rare in the Reedell household) and the weather being BEAUTIFUL (mid 40's and bright sunshine), we figured today was the "perfect" ice skating day! So, off we went. The girls put their skates on, and yes, they actually had a toddler size 8 or Elyse... sooo cute. The girls have been roller skating or roller blading a few times, so they had the "idea" but being on ice is a totally different monster. Amazingly, they BOTH did GREAT immediately. Angela took off and was flying around the ice faster than most larger children. If I had a dollar for each time a parent asked "how old is she and does she take lessons?", I'd be "rich" by now. They almost fell over when I said "she's 4.5 years old and this is her first time on ice skates"... Then I'd say "and that' my 2.5 year old over there, and their chins would almost hit the ground! Elyse was skating ALL by herself and doing great. Of course there were several spills... and a few tears... but they skated until the very end of the session and asked "when can we go again"... so guess we know they really do like ice skating too!!! Enjoy the pictures!!!
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