Skating!

The Bluegrass isn't exactly known for its winter sports, however, when disease afflicted the trees at Lexington's downtown Triangle Park, the city was presented an opportunity to try something new in that space.  Imagine our surprise to hear that they were installing an ice rink!  We had to try it out, so on Sunday evening, in lieu of Global Cafe` (finals began the next day), we took a small group of students skating. 

Ellie had a BLAST.  At first I think she thought we were describing skiis, not skates.  It didn't matter to her, she was all about trying it out. I was so proud of her!  She quickly caught on that you didn't want to fall down and thought it was SO funny when I stumbled a few times (disclaimer: the condition of the ice was terrible with deep divets hidden like a minefield -- they weren't running the zamboni until they identified the source of a pipe leak underneath).  By the end of our 90 minutes, she was skating independently.  I can only imagine how she'd do on a properly maintained rink that was bigger and not so crowded!

Reni was anxious to participate too, but had to settle for watching from the backpack on Dad's back.  I think the 'real' rink has adaptive equipment which we might just have to go check out later this winter!

Meredith, our cabinet president and overall sweetheart.  She's graduating in a few months and we'll miss her!