Keeping Promises to my Kids

A few weekends ago, I visited Tami and Vi. While in Rexburg, we planned to go ice skating. However, Mariah didn't take a nap, I really didn't want to take her skating with us (knowing that Connor and Mylie would need my help and not knowing how I would do that with Mariah in tow), and so I cancelled on them. They were NOT impressed. And so I PROMISED to take them skating in Rock Springs sometime. Connor was not happy until it was written on the calendar.

Today I fulfilled that promise. We had a GREAT time, and now the kids are trying to get me to promise them another trip soon!

Connor had been skating once before, but it was two years ago. I knew that he would enjoy it because he is just persistant enough to fall down a hundred times and get back up again. And that's what he did once again today.

I was worried about Mylie, though. She's not very persistant when she's struggling to learn something, and she's not usually very tough. I figured that she'd either cling to me and whine the entire time, or fall down a couple times, cry, and be done. Boy was I wrong! She caught on really quickly, and hardly fell at all--I'd say fewer than ten times in the entire hour! In fact, in the end, Connor asked me (in a voice that said, "I really doubt this is true"), "Do you think I'm still better at ice skating than Mylie?" My reply: "It's okay. Everybody has different talents. You're better than her at basketball."

Here she is in action!