Skating Show

Yes the skating show really was outdoors and yes it was cold despite a clear warm afternoon. But it was probably the best weather in the past five skating shows.

The ice was smooth thanks to the nice weather as well as the Zamboni. The kids were ready to go and didn't want to leave the ice. They had their routines down and all three skated very well.

Significantly, John was the very last kid to leave the ice of all 50 plus in the show. For most of the year, he was the first off the ice with very little practice on his own. We don't know if this means anything yet, but it may be a start. This picture is worth every minute we spent driving them back and forth to the rink this winter.

Afterwards the skating director was nice enough to invite us to the skating team party despite the fact that none of our three was on the traveling skate team. Perhaps with three kids taking lessons and appearing in the show we got the volume prize. Nevertheless, we all had a great time and finally got home at 11:00 PM tired, but very happy. Finally, here's Sarah with her skate team friends, Karissa and Joe when they were preparing for the show. (Note Karissa's mom fussing with her hair.) We will bring out these pictures next fall when skating season starts again to remind us why we do it.