Max's FIRST time skating!!

Last Wednesday Max and I met up with Amy and Cooper for some Preschool Skate time at Cordova Skating Center! This really is the first time for Max to go skating other than his cousin Linley's Skating birthday party back in Oct. He did end up putting skates on at the end of the party and skated for I think like 10 minutes ;)

Today was a different story! Max and Cooper had a BLAST!!! At first Max had trouble staying up.....
so we got his skates tightened up a bit and he was able to basically "walk" in his skates.

I was totally surprised at how WELL the boys did! Max LOVED it!! I don't think we have found any kind of sport or recreational activity that he hasn't liked! Cooper was loving it too but this was his second time going. Amy said he LOVED it the first time and they have been wanting to come back for a while now.

Max LOVED that there was a giant 8 on the wall. Check out that BIG smile!!

The kids had free skate for about 30 minutes and then the teacher Mr. David had them meet in the middle for some lessons...

Mr. David was very good with the kids! He was teaching them some basic skills for first time skaters.

First skill....the DUCK. You get down and quack like a duck. LOL He said that he was teaching this one so for when they play the limbo game later!

Then he had the kids skate to the back wall. The boys really did pretty good...

of course there were a few wipeouts too.....

Then Mr. David taught them the GORILLA!! He said when you are skating and you feel like you are going to fall...squat and bend your knees a little and put your arms out. That way you will get your balance back. I think the kids really enjoyed all the different animals and funny noises Mr. David was making!!

Sweet little Cooper!!

They learned some other basic things from Mr. David and then had some free skating time again. They turned the fun lights on and had the music going. The boys had fun skating in the dark with the black lights and such. Then came time for LIMBO!!! I got some good video of Max doing this but this was really the only pic. Ha!

The boys skated for almost at hr and half and then they were pretty much ready for a break! They gave the kids a free icee!! Can't beat $3 dollars for 2 hrs of skating and an icee!!

We had to leave shortly after break time to go get Emery from school but they were doing races and more free skating after the break. Definitely a place we will go back again soon! We all had so much fun together!!