Sydney has been doing dance class and an ice skating class and has been loving them! Dance has been good. Since she is pretty young, her prosthetic hasn't really held her back in any way because they aren't really being too techinical with their techniques(like pointing your toes). The only thing that has been different is the amount of holes that she has gotten in her tights thanks to her prosthetic.. but even without a prosthetic I think she would have gotten a hole or two by now anyway!
he recently started an ice skating class and is LOVING that. She doesn't get excited about dance like she does with ice skating!(she's the one in the blue coat in all the below pictures). There is one small challenge with ice skating with her prosthetic- the heel in the ice skates. Here is a little heel in the ice skates and because her prosthetic is made with a flat foot, it forces her leg forward/ her knee has to be pretty bent to be in the skates. Luckily with ice skating, you have to bend your knees quite a bit anyway, but it definitely is a little more than a normal bend. She does so good with it though! IT doesn't seem to bug her at all! Her determination with it inspires me!
She loves to skate on her own, which actually means shuffling/trying to keep her balance the entire time, but it's adorable and so fun to see her determination to get it! Her favorite thing to do in class is throw the little stuffed die that they have and skate to get it. She skated to the center of the rink the other day on her own just playing that game.:)
Skating to the center of the rink!
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