Ice skating report...

Mel mentioned the other day that we were going to go ice skating... the kids were really excited at the idea, but had no idea what it was really like.  They discovered that it's actually kind of hard!  Mel went for a spin around the rink first to make sure she could stay upright before taking Ben round.  Ben really struggled to stay upright, spending most of the time hanging onto Mel with his feet sliding all over the place.  Joanna wasn't a whole lot better, although she didn't thrash around quite as much as Ben.  With a little bit of practise, Ben was getting slightly better, although he still hadn't quite worked out how to effectively propel himself forwards.

I managed to stay upright going round by myself, so took Joanna round as well - which worked fine until we were about 2m from the edge, when I sprawled on the ice with Joanna next to me.
They both enjoyed the experience - I think it was a little different from what they were expecting though - not quite as easy as gliding along effortlessly!