If there was a gold medal given for perseverance, every member of Team Awesome would have received one today. It made my heart sing to see the sheer determination from those new skaters on the ice this morning. It also made me a little ashamed of my own lack of similar joyful determination when learning something new and difficult. Many of the children had never been on skates (as evidenced from the spaghetti legs and slapstick falls) and spent more time getting up than they did actually staying up. And some of those falls were hard- there might be bruises. But not one single child asked to have their skates taken off early. Not one of them complained or cried or whined. And every face had a beaming smile despite the difficulties some of them were having staying on their feet, much less actually moving.
And a big thank you to those parents and grandparents who were able to come with us today. It makes activities like this so much easier when there are extra adults to help out. In the midst of the chaos of getting ready I forgot my camera at school (insert very sad face here) but Tayja's mom Laurie snapped a few pictures and sent them to me so I will add them to this post. I will be sure to take the camera on February 20 so you can all see what I had the privilege of seeing today. I was so proud of Team Awesome!
And a big thank you to those parents and grandparents who were able to come with us today. It makes activities like this so much easier when there are extra adults to help out. In the midst of the chaos of getting ready I forgot my camera at school (insert very sad face here) but Tayja's mom Laurie snapped a few pictures and sent them to me so I will add them to this post. I will be sure to take the camera on February 20 so you can all see what I had the privilege of seeing today. I was so proud of Team Awesome!
