For Christmas Marcus got a pair of hockey skates from his Aunt Lisa and Uncle Christian. I play hockey and Marcus is one of my biggest fans (probably after my dad). For the past 6 weeks or so Marcus has talked about to skate (an play hockey), just like Mommy an that is why he got some hockey skates. We actually got them on Thanksgiving but we never had a chance to use them yet.
On Christmas day we decided it was time. After celebrating Christmas with family we headed down to the depot in Minneapolis. This is a really fun place to skate but more expensive than most rinks, so I would consider it a treat. Luke and I have actually gone skating there on Christmas day before and I would highly suggest checking it out. Most of the skaters here are pretty novice and they rent both skates and Ice Trainers.
We got to the arena around 5 pm and Marcus was ready to go. We put on the skates and he was so excited. It was really cute when he stood up and realized it was for real (well and he almost fell because it took some work to learn to walk in his skates). On the way he told me, the family, and everyone else that would listen that he was going to skate REALLY fast.
We all got our skates on an headed over to the rink. The anticipation was going only to find out that the Zamboni was on the ice and so Marcus just stood by the rink and stared waiting for the ice to be ready to go- it was the SLOWEST Zamboni ever. It took over 15 minutes for a small rink but Marcus was patient and so excited to watch the Zamboni to its thing.
Finally, it was time and we hit the ice. Luke and I took turns skating with Marcus.
When we were about halfway around the rink we found an abandoned skate trainer. That made it much easier to stake with Marcus.
We made it about 2.5 laps - with a few breaks before he was wiped out from all of the work. Heck when you have little legs that is a lot of work.
Marcus and I found our way over to the snack bar and he got a water bottle and a bowl of popcorn. We sat on the side and watched Daddy skate some laps.
He was a tired from all of the fun on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day- not getting a decent nap on either day. When the popcorn spilled, so did the tears because I wouldn't let him eat it off of the floor. Don't worry we got more popcorn.
No first is complete without a few family pictures. Marcus was cute and funny and photogenic but not really into the family photo but I still think they are cute.
And finally a video. It was great day and so much fun. Marcus told me he is ready to play hockey with Mommy now!
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