Ice Skating

We took Elle and Hudson ice skating this past weekend, and they both thoroughly loved it. Elle has always loved to ice skate, and begs to go all the time. Hudson is still fairly new to the whole concept, but, like everything else in life, that did not stop him. He loved it when Johnny would skate with him around the rink. And when Johnny let him pretend to skate for a second with his shoes, he couldn’t get enough of it. In fact, he didn’t like being left out. He wanted to ice skate just like everyone else.

But as fun as the excursion turned out to be, there was one mishap with a hockey bag. As we were exiting the skating facility, a young boy headed to his hockey practice was entering the building. As he went through the automatic doors, his hockey bag hit the side of the door and swung around and hit Elle right in the eye. So unfortunate. And what are the odds that it hit her and not Johnny or I, who happen to be much taller than the hockey bag slung over the boy’s shoulder. Why did it have to happen to Elle, who is eye level to the hockey bag slung over the boy’s shoulder? It really was too bad. And she now has several minor cuts around her eye. Poor girl.

But, thankfully, the unfortunate mishap will not discourage her enthusiasm for ice skating. She loves it too much.