learn to skate!

so i've waited to post about learn to skate because we got off to a bit of a rough start. i had taken jack to his first lesson a couple weeks ago. he was so excited he could barely sleep the night before. the prerequisite for this class was that he needed to be able to maintain balance and stand alone on his skates. according to mike, he was good to go. fast forward to the class, and come to find out jack cannot actually stand all that well by himself, let alone get himself back up when he has fallen. less than five minutes into the class, and the instructor pulls me aside to let me know that he isn't ready. the look on his little face when i had to tell him he couldn't stay, cue his tears and it was all i could do to hold it in and not cry along with him. from that point on i made a vow to jack that we would help him learn to skate so he could return to the class, implementing a skating bootcamp of sorts. jack went to open skate six times during vacation. i am happy to report he can now skate (albeit cautiously) on his own, get up on his own, and according to jack he is the best hockey player ever!! he was allowed back into the class (i'll save my sarcastic tone and eyerolls on this one), and asks to go skating nearly everyday. talk about resilience. i'm so proud of him. he is so motivated, it kind of amazes me that he has the drive to do this at such a young age. go jack:)

of course, we are towing the line with over-scheduling him, but he is also starting swim lessons and t-ball. i cannot believe we're at the point that he's participating in organized sports. to say that time is flying by would be a huge understatement!

here is one of my favorite pictures of jack...in my opinion one of his best features are his long eye lashes. everyone always seems to comment on them.