Finn on Skates

Getting his skates on and ready to go

First time on the ice (this year)!!  He is using the walker that Daddy built

Luke on the ice

Here we go!  He actually did really well.

Liam is so fast and so smooth

At the Santa Skate (pictures are a little out of order)

Scooting along at Santa skate

Skating with Santa

The whole gang at the new outdoor rink

Minnesota spares no expense in making their parks and trail system the best it can be.  From paved biking and running trails in the summer to paved trails for cross country skiing in the winter, Minnesota has it all in terms of outdoor activities.  There is no shortage of parks in the city where we live.  I could probably list six different amazing parks within a 5 mile radius of our house and one within walking distance.  The parks are nice, well kept, and thankfully most of them have bathrooms.

A new park recently opened up called Central Park and it has a splash pad in the summer, a skating ribbon in the winter, and a regular park with all types of slides and climbing equipment that is open all year around.  Granted, we are having a much warmer winter so playing at the park in December isn't usually an option for us.  Skating outdoors is usually limited depending on the wind and cold temperatures, but at least for now we are happy to enjoy some winter activities without temperatures in the single digits or below.

So, on a quiet morning when we didn't have any hockey practices until 2:00 pm, we decided to take the boys skating at the new rink.  Apparently, we just can't get away from skating.  While Finn has been on the ice a few times before in his two years of life, the trip to the new ice rink might be the first ice skating experience that he will actually remember.  He has been asking to go skating since we sharpened his skates recently.  He loved it and as we left he said, "that was really fun!"

His second introduction to ice skating came the following day when we took the boys to Santa skate.   Finn was standing up on the ice and scooting around on his skates which is a good amount ahead of what his brothers could do at this age.  He acted as if he knew exactly what to do.  It was almost a little scary at times that he could stand up and scoot around with minimal help from John.