Cora's been standing on her own for awhile now, but this is the first time I've been able to capture it on camera! She's two-timing her skills.. standing and drinking!Not only is she standing... Cora took her first steps this past weekend! 3 steps! She's taken up to 5 so far, but she isn't all that interested in practicing she is much more interested in just crawling around.
And look who else is standing... on the ice! Caden joined Cole S. for a skating lesson. Last year Cole S. and Caden skated with the help of Rob and Mr. Brendan. Caden doesn't learn from us very well we've learned.. granted it has been a whole year since the last time he's skated, but he could barely let go of Rob... now he's walking on the ice like the rest of them! We'll work on the gliding part.
In fact Monday about 3 hours before a skating session started Rob found a rink in Hudson that has lessons on Mondays since Sunday is hard for us to make all the lessons .. so Monday nights Caden will learn to skate.. if all goes well perhaps him and Cole S. can take hockey lessons next year! except it is Mondays and Saturdays.. what a commitment! am I going to be a rink Mom? Ugh the stinky pads! I was watching the little boys in their hockey uniforms while Caden was skating, working on their drills.. it was adorable! Caden talks about the guys in the big shirts (hockey shirts) and claims he wants to be able to skate like them some day. We'll see, right now he's shuffling around on the ice but one of the parents says after about 3 weeks they'll be skating... I'm not sure about that! but only time will tell. Caden was a bit skittish because during the first lesson he fell and hurt himself so this past time he didn't want to follow directions and "stomp" on the ice because he didn't want to fall.. We've been talking a lot about how when we fall we get better because we teach ourselves how to do things better in order not to fall. Really these kids were all wiping out all over the place.. I cringed many times, it looked like it hurt! But it was quite comical to watch.. aside from the cringe-factor of course.
Here they are at Caden's first lesson...
Concentrate!
Cole watched from the stands...
... and then decided to make himself at home...
... ahhh much better! Next year Cole can start skating.. that should be interesting to watch!
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She's walking???!!! Yay!!! Off we go....all 5 will be running around the yard come this spring! I love it!
It really is amazing how much progress even 3 weeks of lessons brings....Cole could barely stand up with the help of the crates 3 weeks ago and this past Sunday he marched along with everyone else without a crate! They pick up stuff so much quicker than adults do! ;)
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