He was a skater boy...

Ashley's work had a christmas party for all the employee's kids. It was held at an ice rink and was a lot of fun. This is Alex's first go at ice skating and he actually did very well at it. The guy on the left is one of Ashley's fellow work colleagues, John Squires. Notice Ashley is not wearing skates (spot the Aussie) I didn't wear them either. Instead we had ice shoes, whcih are these rubber things that go over your regular shoes and have spikes on the soles. We were the only ones wearing them, but it would have been a very comical affair and potentially dangerous if we were trying to support Alex in skating while slipping and a sliding ourselves. Olivia was pushed around the ice in her stroller, as others of her age were, but she was clearly unamused that she was, yet again, confined. After the skating part of the agenda. We all retreated upstaris to have luch in the restaurant, where the assumption was all kids like pizza. Obviously haven't met Alex and Olivia, but that was ok, they had a bit of a go at it. They also had a table where the kids could do craft activities if they got a bit bored. Alex and olivia rushed over to it as soon as they saw it pretty much and made some nice tree decorations which are hanging up as we speak. And then......