Saturday, October 13, 2007

Ice Time

Katie began playing hockey this week. We have a fanatastic "learn to skate" program in town and everything is free for the first year (gear, equipment, etc...). Katie tried the figure skating and the hockey "open skate" and decided to go out for hockey.


Today was her second day on the ice. She started out pretty slowly, sort of shuffling like Tim Conway when he does his "old man" character. Of course, practice make perfect. It didn't take long before she was moving quicker and with more confidence.

Of course it is always easier to do something new when you meet a new friend!
Here she is getting right up after falling. By the end of the hour, when she fell she was up in a split second!

I am so proud of her, Katie showed persistance and tenacity on the ice. Many kids would have given up after falling constantly, but Katie stuck with it. She says: "skating is great, awesome, cool, and fun." I think her smile says it all.


2 comments:

Kerri & Matt said...

Hi Katie,
Auntie Kerri and Jack here. We love the photos of you skating. I am so proud of you for not giving up. Try, try again.. That's what we tell Kaelyn when she falls down. We miss you and can't wait for more photos.

Sheila said...

Hi Auntie Kerri and Jack, Katie says thank you for the note. We are so glad you read the blog - we will have to update more often so you can see more photos. Hugs and kisses to Jack and Kaelyn!