We ambitiously decided to take Charlie ice skating this afternoon at the rink here in town that offers a free skate every saturday and sunday from 2p-4p. The timing meant that Charlie had to miss his nap, but I dutifully taped together two milk crates for him to push along the ice, as I had been instructed to do by co-workers who had taken similarly aged children ice skating.
Going during nap time was our first mistake. Our second was not buying Charlie a properly fitting pair of skates before hand; we relied on renting them at the rink, and the smallest size they had was about 3 sizes too big for Charlie. While I laced them as tight as I could they certainly didn't provide enough ankle support.
The above factors combined so that when I put Charlie on the ice and he couldn't immediately get his footing, he threw a temper tantrum. Temper tantrums while the ice on ice skates with Mom and Dad similarly on ice skates are, well, difficult. After several attempts we called it a day.
But maybe if we got him his own skates...
Happy Birthday Becca!!
6 years ago
1 comment:
maybe you should wait till he is older so that a) he is less temper tantrum prone and b) the skates you buy him will fit for longer than 4 months?
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