roller skating

Last saturday, my loving hubby was working on the septic line (dirty job - but someone had to do it ;-), so, i took the kids to our local roller rink. They have a kid's skate for 12yrs and under on saturday mornings. They had a marvelous time!

D was the daredevil all over the place - he's always been fast and reckless, but he seems to be finally gaining some control. He didn't have NEARLY as many bruises this time skating as he did last time!




A, being MUCH more cautious, spent the majority of her time right next to the railing,.. but she got better at falling later on, gettomg a little more willing to venture out into no-man's land.










A was also VERY willing to help C & E, when she realized they'd LOVE to be with her! and were perfectly content to go 'walking speed.' She was a HUGE help to me, and a wonderful older sister!



E wasn't very enthusiastic to begin with, and didn't end much better. He couldn't understand why he couldn't go just as fast as D right from the get-go. He didn't like the toddler skates, and was the first to tell me he was ready to go home. Interestingly stubborn behavior from my typically 'easy' child. Perhaps he just isn't inclined as much for something 'new.'

C LOVED skating! She never went faster than a slow crawl (literally,) and relished pretending to 'fall,' and then having me help her back up. Most of her energy went into climbing the railings like the little monkey she is; most of the other kids just didn't know what to think of her - they'd watch her just fascinated at the thought of climbing all over the place while wearing skates.


A particular favorite of the morning was the smoke machine; once E and C realized where the smoke came from, they refused to move from that spot. Just stared continuously up to where the machine was, waiting for more smoke to come out as people whized past them on the floor.


BTW - i LOVE living in a small enough town that a kid-skate at the roller rink is sparsely attended enough that i could feel comfortable with my toddlers on the floor, and carry around a camera taking pics. There were probably only 25 kids total, and only one parent chose to skate with their kids - the rest stayed on the sidelines watching.