Ice Skating with 2 Plus 1

I have been contemplating about signing Lil Isaac up for ice skating classes. This would replace his very expensive gym classes and we can also avoid the need to escape the house on early Saturday morning.  The only thing that stops me is the thought to have to look after 2 kids on the ice. I wasn't sure that I can.

Truth be told, I wasn't satisfied with Lil Shauna's performance in class on Saturday. We decided that we would head down to the ice on Sunday too, with Lil Isaac in tow. I thought to myself that if I could handle both kids, I would be very much alright and could start considering signing Lil Isaac up for classes. We were supposed to meet the Chan family in the late afternoon for water play in JBP and I dated Boo to the rink too, thinking that she could entertain Lil Isaac while I practice with Lil Shauna.

The day didn't start very well with the princess throwing a tantrum bcos she wanted specific pants and shoes.. what the... angry. I laid down ground rules too - Lil Isaac had to go round the rink while I practiced with jiejie and jiejie has to practice the crossovers on her own when I skate with didi. I had to constantly warn the very excited boy that he has to behave. Sweat.

We met boo at the entrance and trying to wear skates for 3 kids is no joke! I was perspiring before I went into the rink. I sent the kids into the rink while I wear my skates and brought the bag to the seats. Once in the rink, I was busy yelling at the boy to skate straight and not do tricks. Zzzzz. He was skating so fast, posing a big risk to other skaters. Then I realised that Boo and Lil Isaac are 2 same ends of the magnet and they repelled each other than snack time. Strategy failed. Luckily Lil Shauna and Boo were very independent and I only had to worry excessively for Lil Isaac. Still, that was very mentally tiring.

Lil Shauna spent 1 hr practising and performed fairly well on the 3-turns and mohawk, remembering to do bigger strokes. She then left for her Chinese class and I had time to focus on boo and the boy. He was still such a hazard and I had to warn him so many times. At one point, he swerved into a man's path and caused the man to fall hard so as to avoid him. Poor man. Lil Isaac also fell like countless times and some of the falls looked quite hard. The staff who helped to pick him up a few times commented that he was so brave. I think he was implying that Lil Isaac 不知死. Hohoho.

We spent almost 2 hrs in the rink and I was so exhausted at the end from the worrying and yelling. The last fall before we left the rink left Lil Isaac in tears. He fell on his bum and hit his tail boy. I hope lesson learnt but probably not. That boy is like fearless. Zzzzz.

I would still need to think harder about looking after 2 kids on ice. It is so exhausting and I duno if I want to be so exhausted every Saturday morning.

Mummy Lim