Ice Skating

Past Sunday a friend of ours (they were at Tobias' party as well) celebrated his birthday. The party was on an ice skating rink in Amsterdam and we had some drinks there afterwards. That was nice, but Tobias' favorite part was the ice skating rink.

I was unable to find my skates which initially didn't bother me that much, because it was way to warm outside to skate, it wasn't even freezing. So, the ice was watery and wet... But, Tobias got lucky and was able to use Jelte's skates! At first he was pushed around by our friend while he was holding on to the back of a chair (the traditional way to learn how to ice-skate...) while Jelte was sitting on the chair. That was loads of fun and it took a chocolate milk bribe to get him off the ice after that. Then I got lucky being able to use our friend's skates. So, Tobias and I both got onto the ice, this time without the chair. Tobias was doing great! He was moving his feet in the skating motion and every once in a while he would let himself glide a little. I was so proud, can you tell? :-)

Oh, and doesn't he look cute with his Texas cowboy boots and his Dutch double glider ice-skates?