Joy's winter break bucket list
included an outing to downtown Worcester . . .
. . . to skate at the Oval Ice Skating Rink before it closed for the season.
Anna came with us, and she loved how the lighted trees
made the scene look like a winter wonderland.
Neither of the girls had ice skated before,
but Joy rollerbladed a lot when she was younger,
so she hoped the frozen version of rollerblading would come easily to her.
The rink had "ice" blocks that skaters of all ages
could use for support as they were learning to skate.
To my surprise, Joy seemed really awkward on the ice,
and we eventually realized that it was because her skates
(which I had found at the swap shop)
were really narrow and uncomfortable.
I offered to let her try my roomier, rented skates,
and soon she was gliding effortlessly around the rink.
Sometimes free stuff is worth every cent you pay for it.
After we finished skating, the girls enjoyed watching the Zamboni clean and smooth the ice rink.
It reminded me of the zomboni in Plants vs Zombies
(an iPad game that Papa used to love to play).
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