Early Christmas

I had an early Christmas surprise from mom and dad this year. My dad has been playing hockey and for his birthday, mom and I got him hockey skates. I had been talking about ice skating since the moment I saw those shiny blades. On Monday, my prayer for ice skates was answered and dad even took me ice skating!

Here I am opening my brand new, double runner figure skates complete with pink laces. They are a little bit big for me now, but mom and dad said that I will grow into them. We'll just use double socks for the time being.

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Here I am opening my new helmet. Safety first on the ice. I helped pick it out, my favorite color right now is blue. Mom says I can use this helmet in the spring/summer too for our bike rides.

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Ready to skate!

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Out on the ice!

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Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Hausmann for letting us all come over for this early Christmas. They have an ice skating rink right out in their front yard that Mr. Hausmann built. That's where dad will play hockey this winter. It even has lights! Between their horses and now the ice rink, this is one of my most requested trips.

Evidence of dad playing hockey.

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