Skating

The laces for my skates finally came in and I was able to take Tavish skating.  This was Tavish's first time skating in real skates (last year I took him but he used double blade skates).  It was really fascinating to see how well he improved over the course of the hour.  When he first put his skates on he could not walk on the ground without his ankles rolling in but by the time we were ready to leave he could skate a short distance from me to my dad.  I really need to find him lessons.

 Getting ready to skate - a bit wobbly

Just push me mom

 Skating with Grandma

 I can skate on my own

 Just a cute shot of Tavish

 Skating with Grandma and Grandpa

 Callen slept though the whole thing

 By myself 

I did it

ICE and Water-skiing Santa

December Part 2

Like I said before December was a busy month with lots of things going on.  Nana and Papa along with Auntie Kaleigh came down from Winnipeg for the holidays.  We decided to do a few things unique to the D.C. metro area and thus we braved the cold (not really cold to Canadians) on Dec 24.  The National Harbor in Maryland has some really different Christmas activities including ICE and Water-skiing Santa.  ICE was amazing and well worth the price.  This years theme was the Grinch and it is truly amazing what they can do with ice.  I must say though the highlight for Tavish and I was the ice slide

 Kyle heading down the ICE slide

 The Grinch's super cute dog

Tavish is looking up at the sculptures and this is my favorite picture

There are lots of activities to do in the ICE building too, ice skating, pictures with the Grinch and carolers but we passed on most of this to get to our reservation at Rosa Mexicano (very good food).  After lunch we braved the wind and were were ready to watch something you would never see in Canada: Water-skiing Santa.

Jet skiing Grinch 

Frosty Waving HI 

A flipping Elf 

The Reindeer  

Water-skiing Santa 

Tavish having a great time.