27 Dec 2010: After dinner, we decided to take the children ice-skating to test out their new skates. Del received hers as a birthday gift from Grandpa and Grandma, whilst Dyl got a pair of bob-skates for Christmas. Bob-skates are toddler skates with 2 blades on each skate and they strap on to the bottom of their winter boots. We got him these because we weren't sure how he would react to any fall if he had real skates on, given his propensity to get all stressed out when he can't do something for himself.
The rink we went to was an outdoor one. Del had no problems once she got over the initial "wobbles" - skating backwards and doing her crossovers and "lemons". As for Dyl, he took to the rink like a duck to water, for a first-timer. He went around the rink 3 to 4 times with no spills or falls, except for the ones he deliberately created for himself because he saw some people falling down. He even did a couple of toddler pirouettes. Grandma was impressed enough to suggest that we start him on real skates next winter.
Here's a video of him doing a pirouette on his skates:
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