Dylan has repeatedly asked me to take him ice skating. We read books where the characters are ice skating. "Mommy, can we do that?" I have always wanted to take them, and this weekend we made it a priority.
We decided to make it an adventure. We would take the train down. Our incredibly inefficient metro rail which actually added about an hour into our trip. But, it was the first time Dylan would remember the train. And he loved it! He was a little scared at first, but Eva helped him become more comfortable for she has ridden it several times before.
Our trip was even flavored with some profanity from the locals as a rider expressed her impatience and annoyance to the driver of the train. It was a great opportunity to show Dyleva the woman making bad choices.
Eventually, we arrived. It was fantastic! Dyleva used these little support contraptions to lean on as they skated, and sometimes Mommy grabbed on....I wouldn't say they are ready for the Olympics, but wow! They had fun!
Dylan kept falling to the ice, and then he was laughing so hard, he couldn't pull himself up. He eventually got sick of using the support and pushed it away and skated on his own...for about 5 seconds.
Eva embraced the support. She was rocking it. Her skinny little long legs were jetting out in all direction. With the legs of the support, she looked like a spider, moving across the ice.
No broken bones or concussions. A successful outing.
Later, Dyleva was requested to come to Tia Linda's house. My children are frosting experts, and Tia Linda, well. She gets a little crazy. She is kind of an overachiever when it comes to cooking. She bakes hundreds of cutouts.
When we arrived, she had a banquet of colored sprinkles and frosting for each child to use. I'm not quite sure how much actually ended up on the cookies. By the end of the night, Dyleva had invented several new dishes, such as "Chicken Fingers a la frosting" and "Pizza with sprinkles." Thank you Tia Linda for spoiling my ninos. We love you.
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