Skatie Redux

Katie has come a long way since her first time ice skating 2.5 years ago (watch it here). She's been taking lessons at Kettler Iceplex and is doing great. She started off with learning how to fall correctly (and get up) and has progressed quickly through marching, gliding, flamingo (one-leg), backwards marching, hopping, swizzles, and rocking-horse (going forwards and then backwards). We're amazed at how well she's doing. She gets more and more comfortable on the ice every time. She said her goal is to be able to skate so fast that her cousins will say, "Was that a rocket ship that zoomed by?" and we'll say, "No! That was Katie!"

Last Saturday we went to the rink for "Recess at the Rink". They have lots of activities for kids including soft hockey pucks and buckets for riding on and pushing (which helps with balance). Katie was interested in skating with her Dad, sitting on the bucket while being pushed, and pushing the bucket herself.

Here's a video of her skating while pushing the bucket for balance. She picked out the music in the video herself ("Mazurka" from Swan Lake).