Ice Skating

We have a park near our house where we can ice skate for free!  I took Rae for a Mommy & daughter date for her first time ice skating!  This was my first time outdoors ever...and it had been a few years since I had ice skated in general.  But I'm addicted now and can't wait to go more this winter.  I even figured out how to skate backwards now.

I started Rae out with the chair trick.

She forgot her gloves so she had to borrow mine.

She looks hilarious with my gloves on.

And I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I live on an island.

This is what the water looks like now during the winter (pic below)

(this is NOT where we went ice skating.)

We often see LARGE ships come up and down the river.

They're so big, that it's mesmerizing to watch them.

And that's Canada on the other side of the water.  Crazy huh?

Another great part about living on the island, is that I can pick up the French station from Canada!  I love listening to them speak in French and listening to the different songs and understanding a few words here and there.  Although technically, the portion of Canada right across from our island speaks English.