Our summer pond for rafting has now turned into a winter wonderland of ice! The pond finally reached the required thickness for skating after the past several days of single digit temps! This morning during recess the kids got down our large box of ice skates and then after school we dug through the box to find each child's correct size. We have an amazing amount of skates in various sizes...we love garage sale and Salvation Army skates!! The only problem we are having so far in finding skates is getting a pair that fits an
African's flat foot! They just don't seem to make any that are comfortable for Ann Marie's feet. She tried some hockey skates today, but they didn't last long...I guess we will just keep looking.The kids all enjoy ice skating so much and are all getting quite good at it. It is great to
have a pond just through the woods that they can skate on to their hearts content! I grew up just 1/4 mile down the road and we also had a pond to skate on. I always dreamed of someday being a figure skater...never quite reached my dream, but sure had lots of fun spending many hours on the ice. I still love to lace up my white figure skates and wow the kids with a twirl or two around the ice. Amazin
g after all these years that it only takes a couple times around the ice to be comfortable on my skates once again.We are looking forward to many days spent on the ice this winter...making wonderful family memories!
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