Today Jason and I go ice skating.
We buy skates.
We take the skates for coffee at Intelligentsia.
We take pictures of the Bean because, well, it is becoming a habit.
We wait for the ice rink to open.
And we skate!
A bit wobbly at first...
we soon gain our confidence.
Thank you, Kate & Phil, for telling us about the FREE skating at Millennium Park. What fun!
After a little skating we need some hot chocolate, so we go to our favorite place for FREE hot chocolate...
The Member's Lounge at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Jason creates a super yummy drink.
hot chocolate + 1 mint tea bag= peppermint hot chocolate
and by the way... if you live in Chicago... make your journey to the Art Institute this month. Admission is FREE for ANYONE weekdays only for the rest of the month of January. Wow!
Jason has so much fun on his new skates that he decides to take a spin on our neighborhood ice rink at Gillson Park.
No lines.
No people.
No rentals.
Five blocks from our house.
Jason practices his triple axel on hockey skates while the crowd goes wild.
WOW! I am jealous beyond belief that you have that rink 5 blocks from your house! You both look great on skates. It is the perfect Chicago winter activity--fun and free! We used to go to the member lounge everytime we were downtown to warm up and drink tea! Love to you all...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS....Jason took ice skating lessons during his kindergarten year in Overland Park, for hockey. He was short then and had a low to the ground body and he was great! It is fun to see this activity resurface so many years later. All those wasted times at Keystone....you could have been out there skating with Kate and Gretchen! Caroline, you look like a natural. Didn't you do skating growing up?
ReplyDelete1. Love the snowy bean pictures.
ReplyDelete2. Looking hot in those skinny jeans.
3. I love, love, love when you document one of your dates. So fun to see. yay free(ish) daytime dates.
Ok...I love how adventurous and active you guys are...let's play sometime with our families.
ReplyDeleteAnd the triple axle was impressive! ha!
You guys up for a family play date outside or inside on a Friday? email me: emmaleepadgett@gmail.com