Sydney has now had 4 skating lessons. The first one was solely devoted to learning how to stand up. They do not use chairs at her lessons & Carrie after watching your video of Liam I am thankful for it. I could completely see Sydney leaning on that chair for weeks! She did pretty good at the first lesson, but by the end of it she was totally depending on the teacher to help her stand up.
After the second lesson, I did not even talk to Sydney about it because I was so angry. She did not try to stand up or skate the whole time. She overheard me talking on the phone about it & came to tell me that she was sorry that she did not try at skating. Gave me a guilty moment for being overheard. Although, I think it was good that she heard that I was not happy with her for not trying because that weekend she put her skates on & Brad worked with her to stand up. It made all the difference in the world because the next Monday she tried hard & did well.
This Monday I could not stop smiling I was so proud of how well she was doing. She walked right away from me & stepped on the ice herself. Slowly tried to make it to her group's spot. She was getting up really quick, skating (walking really) forwards & around in circles. The teacher started to show them how to snow plow their skate to the side but quickly realized they were not ready for that.
Many of the kids have cages on their helmets too. Personally, I think that is a little overkill. Although, I guess if Sydney falls flat on her face & busts a tooth I might be thinking differently.
