Week #2 on Ice

Matthew seems to be catching on to ice skating. On Saturday I took Matthew since Brian is laid up from surgery for the next couple of weeks. Matthew was sure to tell me and anyone else within ear shot that Daddy laces up his skates better. I think I'm just going to buy him a pair of hockey skates and be done with it. This week he was not so eager to step onto the ice. He insisted he needed a stick. The instructor finally picked him up and took off skating with him up him up in the air. I forgot my digital camera but the photos from my phone give you the overall look of this lesson. They learned how to skate forward (walk) and stoop and pick up something (beanbags), carry them to the basket and drop them. They also learned something very important..how to get up. Matthew "practiced" this about 20 times. He is now expert at falling on his behind and getting up quickly and gracefully. Other parents were cheering him on also. He's starting to have a fan following of sorts.

My son, the superstar on ice! LOL

Ice Skating Lessons begin...

Matthew put on ice skates and hit the ice for the first time ever yesterday 8.9.08. While the other toddlers were standing with their arms outstretched for balance and marching up and down to get the feel of the skates, Matthew just walked on by to the gate to the "Pond" and waited for the instructor. They gave him a little bar type thingy to hold onto at first and here are the pictures of his first couple of minutes on the ice. My batteries died so I only got 3 shots but he got rid of the bar after 10 minutes and just sort of got used to the ice for the remaining 20. He loved it and wants to go again. He say he wants to play for the Red Wings. I asked him why not the LA Kings since that's our home team. He said "they lose". Even a 3 year old knows the Kings suck! He will be in the Tiny Tots course for 7 more weeks. If you are near the Ice Station in Valencia, he is there every Saturday at 10am. The instructor said he was so comfortable he may skip Ice Tots and go right onto To Stars next. Matthew just wants to play hockey, all he could say was "where's the stick". Give him a year or less and he'll give Sidney Crosby a run for his money....okay maybe 10 years.

Summer time 2008

I thought I posted new pictures and then I just checked and I had not. So here are just some random pictures of the little monster enjoying his summer. Hope everyone is having a fun filled summer and not too hot on the West Coast or too wet on the East.