Sadly we discovered that Simon wasn't old enough, so Richard was the camera-man and Simon cried on the sidelines. I don't think he was sad about not being able to ice skate, I think it was about some other trauma of some sort. (He wanted "juice" which wasn't actually juice at all, but alcoholic beverages he saw other people drinking and thought they looked enough like juice.)
Eli on the other hand was really excited to try ice skating, but I had my fears that all it would take was one fall and he would be done. He doesn't often like to take risks or put forth a lasting effort when something gets difficult or feels unsafe. But he stuck with it too, and by the time we left was begging to go around one more time.
Miriam was hot and cold. She loved some moments and then would cry and panic a little in other moments. As long as I kept her close to me she had a good time. But her ice skates were either too big or too small or just generally uncomfortable which contributed to her misery.