ice skating

Bennett has his first ice skating lesson today.  He is all geared up and excited to start.  We forgot to bring gloves but otherwise we did well.

Bennett was very good with the teacher and walking on his skates.

But, walking on the ice is a very different story.  He is very frustrated because he could not stand right up on his skates even with the teacher's help.  

He did not like sitting and tried getting up on his own but would fall every time.  This made him very upset.  He crawled over to me and told me: "I want to go home, mommy! It's very slippery."

After a very frustrating 10 minutes on the ice we headed home.

I am not sure if we will be back.  Bennett told us he does not want to go back.  He was not getting the attention we expected either.  Most of the time he was crawling on the ice, struggling to stand up or crying.

At least we tried, right?  I think open skate is much better for Bennett because we can actually give him all the attention and help that he needs.