Our exercise day!

Before Christmas, I was browsing at our local used kids clothing store, and came across two very gently used pairs of skates. As they were such a good deal, I decided why not and picked them up with the intention that if we didn't end up making use of them this year, they would be easy to sell for the same amount as my purchase.

I brought them home to show the girls and they were immediately excited to give them a try. It took until now to gather up the courage to take two preschoolers skating for the first time, knowing the lengthy preparation time, the logistics of keeping them both on their feet, and the ensuing exhaustion I was sure to feel after having done so. So logically I decided to bite the bullet on the day they started their morning with gymnastics, and had an hour of gym time planned with our local homeschooling group.

We deemed it exercise day, and loaded up the car with skates, helmets, snow pants, fold up chairs, running shoes, balls, skipping ropes, gymnastics outfits, library books, and a picnic lunch.

Gymnastics happened without incident, and we rushed off to drive to our local rec center in order to take advantage of the 1 hour skating window. The girls did fabulous, and the chairs were my life line. Aislinn took to pushing the chair immediately and Tara took turns with me, or pushing it or using it as her perch for resting her feet and watching the action around us.

We then packed up and dropped off our skating gear in the car to switch up for lunch, books, and shoes. After a very quiet relaxing lunch at the lobby tables, we enjoyed an hour browsing the library and choosing books (even though we have over 40 library books in the house already).

Gym time arrived, and we headed over to the gym, to join in on an hour of running, kicking, jumping and playing with about 14 other kids. The kids arranged a game of "Farmer", where the kids run back and forth from one wall to the other when the "farmer" calls out a colour they are wearing. The idea is not to get caught, and Asilinn managed to avoid capture throughout the entire game. I don't know if size had anything to do with it, but she is also getting very fast on those little legs.

I'm going to have to step it up a bit if I have any intention of keeping up with her this summer!

When we finally made it home, we were all happy to just lay low and play quietly for the remnant of the afternoon. Needless to say the girls were asleep almost instantly after hitting their pillows. (As was I.)