Ice-skating

Yesterday my two teenagers informed me that they would like to take their brother to ice-skating. That was a pleasant surprise announcement to me.  As their brother is much younger, a 9 years and 11 years gap for my respective teenagers, he can sometimes be a handful. 

Not one to loose out because of his age, he would argue with his sisters to get his way or simply make his stand.  They do find him an annoyance at times – so for them to want to take him ice-skating and just spend time with him, that was really nice of them.  I was touched by my teenagers' gesture.

This afternoon they went off happily ice-skating away.  I simply could not resist the temptation calling to check up on them.  I was a bit concerned in case he annoyed his sisters so I called my elder teenager only to be told off!  The announcement came that he had totally forgotten how to ice-skate and had to learn all over again.  I was so tempted to just go and see he was doing fine but I resisted it.  Well, I have to have more confidence in both of my teenagers taking care of their younger brother.

Four hours later, I received a call from my younger teenager exclaiming that her brother was soaked to the bones.  I was to bring him dry clothes to change as her younger brother wanted to continue ice-skating!  Apparently his teeth were chattering and that he needed dry clothes immediately.  I immediately dropped everything I was doing, pack dry clothes and made a hot chocolate to go.

Wet clothes notwithstanding, I found my son to be fine and dandy.  But my two teenagers, they were tired out!  My son took a number of tumbles but he totally enjoyed himself ice-skating with his sisters. 

It was a day well spent!  I am so proud of my teenagers taking their time off to spend it with their younger brother.  It was a good bonding time for all three of them.