Ashton's First Ice Skating Lesson

Tonight, Ashton had his first ice skating lesson. He was so excited about it that he could hardly stand it. On the way there, he said he was tired and to wake him up when we got there. A few minutes later, this is how we found him.

When we got there though, he was up and ready to go.

He started out pretty uneasy on his skates. The instructor took them all over in a group and showed them how to fall and how to get themselves back up. Once she felt confident they could do it, she led them out to the ice. As you can see from the pictures, Ashton leached on to her daughter (she was the helper) and didn't want to let go. Shortly after they got started, he became more confident and started trying it out. They did some singing and some dances with it to help them get used to balancing themselves and moving around without falling. Alex and I were both very proud of him. He has only been ice skating once or twice and so he did really well. After their class is over, you can take spend an additional half hour on the ice with them helping them get more comfortable. Alex did that and it made an even bigger impact on Ashton's comfort level. He is already excited to go back next week! Stay tuned....