skates

Elliot and I have been looking for ice skates for Ada since she turned two but up until recently we were unable to find anything that would fit on her tiny little feet. Elliot being the ever vigilant father kept checking for skates every month or so and finally, earlier this month, while picking out his birthday present (skates) he finally found a pair of skates in Ada's size. The only problem is that they were blue and since Ada does her best impression of a chemical burn victim every time she is forced to wear anything in a color other than pink we weren't sure she'd even want to put them on.

Well the skates arrived yesterday and apparently Ada's desire and excitement over wearing skates and having her OWN skates overrode the color preference. Although she did point out that they were blue, but since they also had snowflakes on them she seemed to be able to talk herself past the lack of pink.

After we squeezed the skates on her feet Ada stood up to walk. She was a little like a baby deer as she wobbled and eventually fell down. She did get back up but insisted on having help as she walked back and forth on the carpet. We did this for a little bit and eventually settled back on the couch. I was thinking Ok, that was a good start, we'll do a little more each day and eventually she won't need help and once that happens we'll move to the ice. But Ada was thinking, sweet, I finally have my own skates, let's get in the car and drive to the ice rink RIGHT NOW!! She refused to take the skates off. Finally Elliot and I told her that if she wanted to go on the ice she needed to practice on the carpet. So Ada jumped off the couch and started her hobbled walk around the coffee table. She struggled a little bit, sitting down at one point and telling us she fell down, but Elliot calmly talked her through getting back up on her feet.

This continued for the next 30 minutes!! After 30 minutes Elliot and I tried to coax Ada into taking off her skates so we could go for a quick run. Instead she insisted on being carried to the jogging stroller so she could wear her skates in the stroller. She kept the skates on the whole run and was still refusing to take them off. In fact the only way we could get the skates off her feet was to tell her we were going to polish the skates. This seemed to make sense to her so she and Elliot started taking off her skates while I went to find something to polish them with. As I walked back into the living room I overheard Ada telling Elliot that they were going to polish her skates PINK!

Of course.