today was our first day ice skating at bryant park. morgana and chanda began lessons with several other homeschooling friends. the air was much cooler today than yesterday, and by the time we were on our way home we felt quite cold!
gael wears his hat with such aplomb!
morgana kept harassing me to sign her up for ice skating lessons . . they didn't take them last year, but we were still at the rink every week . . so . . i guess they may as well . .
i love the music the rink plays in the morning.
their teacher's name is taela and she's wonderful. they really enjoy classes with her.
red light green light on ice (on the sunny side of the street is one of my favorite songs!)
this game was "hide the mitten." i'm not sure of the rules . .
there's a caramel popcorn stand near the exit. the owner gives generous free samples!
this is the delicious lunch morgana made when we returned home (green pepper and cheddar cheese omelette). right now it's late and they're watching a documentary called first position, about the youth america grand prix ballet competition. (eva, charlotte and jonathan would probably find this movie interesting!)
Oh you are so lucky to have a group of homeschool friends! I love the ice rink music and I bet the girls are pleased you've signed them up for a class. That documentary sounds interesting too, just wondering if its on an internet channel somewhere.
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San xx
hmmm, i'm not sure. we got it on netflix. it's on streaming. they're always changing they're streaming selections so we wanted to watch it before it came off. here's the url for it: http://www.balletdocumentary.com/
Deleteit's very good but i don't think it's good for young ones. it's definitely a good teen movie! you would enjoy it.
it is nice having homeschool friends to get together with. wish we could wish you here!
hugs,
dorina
Ice-skating is so much fun! I think they should have lessons too...... Bryant park looks great! (And I love Gael's hat. Kind of matches his personality)
ReplyDeleteha ha. isn't it good for gael!? bryant park is a lot of fun . . and sasha cohen was practicing there yesterday!!! it was so amazing to watch her warm up and then go through her routine. the rink was empty, so she didn't have a problem with space. i think a few bystanders figured out who she was, but everyone left her alone. she's very down to earth. she said she was currently at columbia university studying finance, and skates professionally only occasionally. thea (the little girl eating caramel popcorn between m and c) and chanda got to talk with her for a little bit.
DeleteHow exciting! It's really nice when people are like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip about the documentary. We will see if we can take a look on the weekend. How often do you do the lessons? Do you also ice skate? I tried it several times as a child, but I never enjoyed it. We have an ice rink an hour away from here, but I have to admit, I have never gone.
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