Ice Skating - Part 2

A very excited Shamus and Breagha at the arena!

On Saturday afternoon Breagha went ice skating for the first time! We had a great time. Hooked up with some friends...
We met Dan, Amy, Morgan, Rej, and Clo at the arena. And Nigel joined us as well and he took along 3 kiddies and one uncle, Adam! The kids did really well. They were a little nervous at first but by the time we were done they were quite comfortable and Shamus was "walking" abit on his own. And I think the adults did very well too! Amy, Dan, and Morgan have only been on the ice a couple of times before and they did great.

Breagha is ready to roll! Her skates were huge but it was smallest size we could rent. She didn't care.

Our Aussie pal, Morgan. Kate is still recovering from her knee surgery but Morgan was able to join us. He did a lot better than I would do playing cricket so well done!!

Dan lacin' up.

Darryl had his hands full most of the time. Shamus and his buddy, Sterling (Felicity's nephew). Sterling had no fear at all. Just wanted to run down the ice and didn't care when he fell! Quite funny to watch.

Miss Amy flying through the crowd!!

I'm really surprised how popular ice skating is here (the arena has hockey, figure skating, speed skating, and curling!!) but the kids really seem to enjoy it.

Racin' Rej! He took his skates from Canada so he was looking pretty flashy!

Thanks for coming out with us guys. We had a lot of fun. Now we want to get our skates and helmets shipped over from Canada! Rentals are no fun. And the public skating sessions are quite expensive so I would have to see if there is a membership fee that we could pay and then go anytime. It was $50.00 for a family of 4. In Montreal it cost us a loonie per person. Very cheap compared to here!

Besides the skating, we've been busy as usual. Swimming class is going well, the weather has been amazing, and kids have been busy with daycare...lots of activities and this week the chicken eggs arrive. Yeah, they are raising baby chicks!

The only bummer has been that poor Breagha is still having a tough time shaking off her flu/colds. She got sick again on Sunday so Darryl stayed home with her and Shamus on Monday. She keeps getting a fever or vomiting. It's been since April. She'll be fine for a couple of weeks and then get sick again. Poor littl' B. Darryl took her to the doctor today and she has a viral infection. She lasted 14months here before she got sick but once she did get sick...can't get rid of it. It's like her little body can't build up an immunity before she gets sick again. It is common for preemies and hopefully she'll grow out of it. She's better tonight so back to daycare tomorrow!

And I had to through in a picture or 2 of Shamus with the new do! Just thought he looked too darn cute!