No More Marching!

Elle had her second ice skating lesson yesterday, and let’s just say she was a little frustrated. As I was watching her skate, I could tell that she was not happy about something, but I could not at all tell what it could be. After the thirty minute session, she was more than ready to be off the ice, and away from her lessons. I was completely confused as to why she was frustrated and not having fun. All she would tell me was that she was done for the day. When I asked if she had fun, she said yes. That confused me even more. I gave up on trying to figure her out, and decided to just let it drop. There are just times when I have to say she is three, and doesn’t know her own mind (Johnny likes to say that she is a girl, and will never know her own mind). However, thankfully, the mystery of Elle’s frustration was solved later that day.
Elle asked me during dinner why her ice skating coach wanted her to march on the ice. I told her he had each student do this in order to get them more comfortable with the ice and their abilities on their ice skates. I tried to explain and stress the fact that she has to practice small skills in order to be able to skate on her own. Elle was not impressed with my explanation, and simply told me that she was not marching anymore. When I asked why, she told me that she was tired of marching, and was ready to go and ice skate like the princesses from Disney on Ice. It was hard for me to keep a straight face as she was pouring out her frustrations to me. How funny that the whole time during her ice skating session she was frustrated, because she had to march, when all she wanted to do was skate like a Disney princess.