idea... why not try ice skating? After all, there is not enough snow here to get Ryan on skis on the hill in our yard! So this will suffice for now. He heard about Sunday night open skate and off we went. Steve claims he's never been on skates before and I hadn't been since probably high school. Steve was brave enough to put on skates and try to teach himself and Ryan at the same time!
I skated on the ice with my tennis shoes for my refresher! Helping Ryan was my lame excuse :)! And of course it was easier to take pictures that way. These shots are all from the first night. We were having fun at times and crying from frustration at times~ just Ryan :)! Check out that "skating-walker"!! We are in hockey country up here. We could have him in the 4-yr-old hockey "league". I think we'll stick to the skating for now! 
He didn't want us to let go of him or the walker for a long time and that was a good "crutch" for us, too! However, after seeing a buddy who's a year older and as more time on the ice behind him, Ryan had to try to keep up... "let go Dad!"
The second Sunday night (no pics) he was giving Steve a good race and wanting to let go and go without the walker, racing with the "bigger" boys, and screaming, "I am Speed".... :)
We're settling in for the sub-zero highs and negative 35 wind chills the next few days... Ah, yes, life in Minnesota... where only a barbed wire fence separates us from the North Pole.... yes, they actually said that on the news tonight! Crazy!
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Those are great pic's! We attempted ice skating a couple of weeks ago, too...only we were outside! (The crazy low temps hadn't hit us yet though). Carson used a "walker" too, but didn't enjoy himself too much. Morgan (yes, they actually had ice skates for Morgan- size 6) spent most of her time on her bottom. They were both ready for some solid ground when we were done. :) It made for some great pic's though! (that's all that matters, right fellow scrapbookers?!)
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