ice skating

dad, this post is for you!

my dad has been taking my nephew to ice skating lessons for the past couple of months and a long time ago few weeks ago my niece and i went to watch and cheer on tré.  he is by far the youngest, smallest & cutest kid in the class.  and no, i'm not biased!  he is only 3, but he is doing such a good job skating -- he even keeps his ankles straight which in ice skating is a big deal!  he is/was in the toddler class so there isn't much technical skill involved.  his class basically consists of his teacher throwing balls, rings and other objects out on the ice and the kids have to walk/skate around to pick them up and put them back in the bucket.  i guess tré was tired of going back and forth to the bucket because he started pushing the bucket around the ice rink to the toys!  his teacher also puts out cones for the kids to practice skating around, except as she is putting them out, tré skates behind her and picks them up!  it has taken me so long to get this post up that he has actually graduated from the toddler class into the level 1 class. 

here are a few pictures from mine and mia's trip to watch tré skate:

as i was downloading the pictures, i found some other old pictures from the art show at the preserve.  mia, prompted by my sister, was about to touch the most disgusting creature God ever created.  i have a SERIOUS fear/distaste for this creature. it made my skin crawl just to look at these pictures.  anyway, i thought this picture was funny because she was touching it, but wouldn't look at it and even kept her eyes closed!  that's my girl!!

i couldn't end the blog with a picture of that disgusting thing, so here's a picture of tré when he realized i was taking pictures of him and one of our sweet matilda all ready for Christmas.