Fun time on ice

For the past few weeks, the weather here has been below 0 degree and most lakes, ponds and canals were frozen. Though it was extremely cold, nearly everyone took this opportunity to skate on this "natural ice rink" and so did we. We went to the canal just at the back of our house. Being a typical mother that's always concern about the safety of her children, I was a little bit paranoid at first, of course, anything could happen isn't it ? but when more people came and after talking to some of them, I was more convinced and decided that it was safe to join them.

The girls brought their skating shoes and since Aidan does not have one, we thought sleigh would be nice for him. It was such a good experience coz since we came here 6 1/2 years ago, we have never encountered this and never imagined we could walk and play on "water"...