Skate City

Eden being brave!

All three in the same picture, it was really hard to do.

Larke having her snack.

The other kids having a snack.

Gideon jamming out to the music. I can't remember what song was playing, but apparently it was awesome.

Eden still being brave.

Larke with her favorite instructor. Thanks Mary for skating with her!

So yesterday I took the kids skating for the first time. Thanks Lisa for inviting us. They all had a really good time. Larke however did have quite a rough start. She went out there fine but she must have fallen down or gotten scared because she started heading for the exit. I went out to get her. I walked her around for a little bit and the instructors kept coming up and inviting her to skate with them. Mary took her hand and then tried to help her skate all by herself. Larke fell and this time she landed on her face. She bit her lip and bled a little. We tried to put some ice on it, but she just wanted to go back and skate. So I cleaned her up, had them tighten her wheels and took her back out there. Again all of the instructors attempted to draw her away from me. The only one that succeeded was Mary. Larke skated the whole rest of the time we were there. Gideon and Eden both had a lot of fun with Lisa's kids and just discovering the world of clumsy maneuvering.