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new skates

It is my pleasure to present to you my new skate (don't worry I did buy two)! As you must know by now (oh you all being regular readers of this current blog.) LOL! Both of my kids take figure skating lessons, they participate in a program called CanSkate by Skate Canada. Well, I'm afraid I don't skate too well and owned hockey skates which are quite different from the skates my own kids have. So we went on the hunt of some cheap used skates but I ended up instead with a brand new pair of recreational skates with the stamp from Sale & Pelletier. The seller at the store did warn me about no garantees I'd fall less using these skates but that didn't scare me off, the additional 20$ off rebate convinced me I could survive on these new skates. The kids were ecstatic at the idea of going to the ice rink on a non-lesson day. They both played coach to me for the hour we were on the ice. I fell a FEW times trying to learn how to break/stop. I can skate not too badly but I can't stop! LOL! The kids showed off their talents to others and had a blast just skating freely and giving me words of encouragement about me falling all over the place.

I can't wait to get up in the morning and see how sore I will be. It was so much fun though, the kids were beaming, Lucas had a smile the whole time. He'd make me follow him around the ice, he was being my personal coach and Zoe was so cute to see skating in jeans, she usually wears her little skating uniform but today she was proud to be skating like the bigger kids. Good thing they both were their bicycle helmets as they did fall at times, maybe I'm rubbing off on them. lol! Saturday morning we'll be sitting on the benches while the kids get their lesson, I am really eager to get back on the ice and try to learn how to stop while skating. I hope I achieve that soon, the kids made me jump and I tried spinning too but.... that didn't go too well. ;) It felt really good to do some exercise though, especially since we aren't working right now, I'm planning to go skate a few times next week, I doubt the kids will complain. ;)

Still re-knitting Zoe's blue hat, I love this yarn it is so soft. I should have it done by the end of the weekend. Then I will be back to finishing my red Shedir hat which I am eager to wear and show off, just to get to say hey, I MADE this hat!

Have a blast this weekend. :)

Posted by Jo at November 20, 2004 12:03 AM