Aidan truly is an amazing little boy. I took him ice skating again today for the third time. Last time we got there an hour into open skate and so the ice was pretty chewed up. He did fantastic, using a little red skate helper and was very confident. Very quickly I was able to take the red helper from him and challenge him to skate different distances on his own. By the end of open skate he went from the blue line all the way off the ice on his own. Today we got there at the very beginning of open skate so the ice was clean and slick. He was nervous but kept at it. We worked together and went slowly with challenging him to not need the skate helper. He did really well. About 45 minutes in to open skate we took a little break for a pretzel and hot chocolate. When we went back out, all of the skate helpers were being used so I had him take my hand. Again, very quickly he went from needing my hand to just chilling and skating all on his own. He ended up skating on his own around the rink 3 times.
Lots of fun, but not the amazing part. While we were hanging out eating Aidan looked at me and said, "I'm proud of you helping me ice skate." He's so genuinely kind and I really enjoy that about him. He will frequently ask Mark, "how was work today?" If you take a shower he'll ask, "how was your shower?" Since I got sick with the flu Aidan has been asking, "how are you feeling today Mom-mom?" It's really neat to see him growing up and being just a truly genuine, kind hearted little boy. I hope he stays this way well into his teenage years. One can always hope!
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