Blades of Glory

Today we went ice skating. It was awesome... and terrifying. It was terrifyingly awesome. The whole school went which may not have been a great idea because there is such a broad spectrum of skill levels and ages, but it wouldn't be the Children's House if we didn't do things strangely. Elias was one of the first kids out on the ice. He got on, and fell. Got up, and fell. Took a few steps, and fell. Then he fell and hit his head. After screaming for a while, and passing an abbreviated neuro check, Elias took off again. Then he fell. This time he hurt is hand. After checking all his fingers and making sure nothing was broken Elias took off again. This time he took a different approach. He fell on purpose. This seemed to be much more fun to Elias because he was in control of the falls. Turns out Elias is not too bad on ice skates. He was probably one of the more confident kids on skates and he stayed on the ice for a solid two hours. I wonder if Indy has an ice hockey team....