An ice skating rink in their front yard! With hockey nets! My boys' eyes may have exploded right out of their heads with excitement when they discovered this rink.
They invited us over to try out the rink after school last week. Thankfully, my aunts do not throw away any athletic equipment, so we are equipped with hockey skates in about every size you can imagine. I dug through our bin of cast offs and quickly found pairs to fit each of my boys. I have to admit thought, I was a bit worried about the whole endeavor. While Aidan and Brennan had taken ice skating lessons, Griffin has never set foot on an ice rink. I wasn't sure how this would go, but I envisioned us spending some time at the ER later that night.
Aidan did great on the ice. He was quickly engaged in a pick up game of hockey with his buddy David. Brennan was quick on the ice, but he was also a force. Seriously, watching him skate takes about ten years off my life. He has no fear. He goes about a hundred miles an hour. And he falls. A lot. Hard falls that make me want to grind my teeth. (And when I saw his bruised legs later that night, I almost cried. But it doesn't bother Brennan. It never does.) Every time he falls, he gets right back off and takes off at the same speed. He has no sense of caution or starting something slowly.
Griffin was a little slower to start, but even he got going. A lot of falling and some nice falls on his butt, but he loved every second of it.
The boys didn't want to leave. I have a feeling they are going to start hinting to Chris that we need our own ice skating rink in our front yard. Good lord, help me. If that happens, Brennan may not make it to the age of nine without a body part being put in a cast.
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