Evolving

Justin received a pair of hockey skates and a helmet for Christmas. He thought, as any reasonable two-year-old might, that they would transform him into a hockey player the second he stepped onto the ice behind Grandma and Grandpa's house. So we went from this (crying):

To this (grumpy):

To tonight, when we skated on a friend's backyard rink, and he not only gamely skated with a toy shopping cart for support, but suddenly exclaimed "I don't need it" and began to skate around, all on his own, getting up from his falls without our help! We were wonderfully surprised to see this confidence and self-assurance suddenly bloom. Well done, our big hockey guy!