Yesterday evening we went ice skating at Somerset House which was built in the early 1800's to house government administration, but since has been converted to a museum/art gallery and place to ice skate in the winter and to see concerts in the summer. The building is just beautiful!

The ice skating was different from ice skating we have done in the past, because a light rain was falling while we were skating which turned into heavier rain towards the end of our hour. The rain led to puddles of water on the rink which did not have any effect on Ethan's enthusiasm for skating. I was surprised that it did not make the ice more slippery (William was not surprised as this is obvious to him.)

Ethan was his usual dare devil self and wanted to go fast. He fell repeatedly, but did not hurt himself and usally laughed when he fell. He was soaking wet by the end of the session - in fact we all were soaking wet due to the rain. (William claims that he was not soaking wet; but I disagree as he did not wear his coat today, because it was too wet). I also fell one time. (William was very pleased that he did not fall at all.) Below we are skating in the distance (what you cannot see are the beautiful torch like - gas lights that surround the entire rink -really awesome looking!

We also went to a playground yesterday where Ethan had lots of fun and got to play with some kids for a short time. The weather is supposed to be sunny this Saturday (tomorrow)- we are looking forward to a break in the rain.