Sam and Zoé had skating lessons starting today. Zoé has done them in the past and this was the first time for Sam.
Zoé’s last skating lessons ended badly with her coming off the ice a few times and just not wanting to go on another occasion. We chalked it up to poorly fitting skates. We got her some larger skates but still no dice. At the last lesson an instructor offered to look at her skates and it turned out they were too narrow for her feet. We returned those skates and got her another pair in time for today’s lesson.
It didn’t seem to make much of a difference though. Zoé came off the ice almost right away complaining about foot pain. Sam on the other hand pretty much melted down right away, even before getting on the ice.
After encouraging them both to get back on the ice a few times, we gave up and decided not only to end the class early but to end the skating lessons for the foreseeable future.
Neither of them seem interested in perusing skating at this time; we won’t push them.