Friends invited us to join them at the local ice rink today for some skating. I took the four oldest girls and oh, we had fun!
That is, after I got over the shock of the entrance fee...and that it did not include renting skates.
Jillian and Molly had tried skating once or twice but for Chloe and SaraGrace it was a new experience.
SaraGrace was petrified at first. She lurched onto the ice clutching my hand and the boards. Bless her heart for trying but she would not let go of me. Well, this was going to be exhausting.
She let go of me just long enough for me to take this picture. She was having a blast!
As I was pondering how long my back would hold out--or worse, how long before she pulled me down in a heap on top of her, I spotted some kids with a highly sophisticated training tool.
I had to have one. Nothing but the best for my little girl.
So I asked another mom, herself the proud owner of said tool, where she had procured it. She said that her pre-teen daughter had decided it was beneath her to use such an item, and offered it to me, free of charge.
Cool!
Here is SaraGrace trying it out.
Oh yeah, baby. These crates worked like a charm. She leaned over on them and took off like a shot of lightening.
OK...that was a slight exaggeration, but she did start skating very fast. She was so thrilled with herself. After an hour or so, she grinned up at me and said, "Mom, I think I'm starting to get da hang of dis!" Swoon...she is so cute.
And my Chloe...oh my goodness. She started out by hanging onto the boards, but before long, I turned around to see this....
"Look, Mom, no hands!"
I hadn't been skating in years and it felt so good.
For awhile.
And then my knees started to creak and groan. I'm sure it had nothing to do with my age. It was probably the rental skates. My pretty white ones were no longer useable. Who knew that putting them away with some moisture on them would rust them out?
I mean, really, how uninspiring are these?
Lovely.
We had a wonderful time and it was a great way to close out our last day of winter break. I am so blessed to have such sweet girls to spend time with. I have no cute pictures of Jillian and Molly--they turned out awful. I guess we'll just have to go skating again...
Jillian and Molly had tried skating once or twice but for Chloe and SaraGrace it was a new experience.
SaraGrace was petrified at first. She lurched onto the ice clutching my hand and the boards. Bless her heart for trying but she would not let go of me. Well, this was going to be exhausting.
She let go of me just long enough for me to take this picture. She was having a blast!
As I was pondering how long my back would hold out--or worse, how long before she pulled me down in a heap on top of her, I spotted some kids with a highly sophisticated training tool.
I had to have one. Nothing but the best for my little girl.
So I asked another mom, herself the proud owner of said tool, where she had procured it. She said that her pre-teen daughter had decided it was beneath her to use such an item, and offered it to me, free of charge.
Cool!
Here is SaraGrace trying it out.
Oh yeah, baby. These crates worked like a charm. She leaned over on them and took off like a shot of lightening.
OK...that was a slight exaggeration, but she did start skating very fast. She was so thrilled with herself. After an hour or so, she grinned up at me and said, "Mom, I think I'm starting to get da hang of dis!" Swoon...she is so cute.
And my Chloe...oh my goodness. She started out by hanging onto the boards, but before long, I turned around to see this....
"Look, Mom, no hands!"
I hadn't been skating in years and it felt so good.
For awhile.
And then my knees started to creak and groan. I'm sure it had nothing to do with my age. It was probably the rental skates. My pretty white ones were no longer useable. Who knew that putting them away with some moisture on them would rust them out?
I mean, really, how uninspiring are these?
Lovely.
We had a wonderful time and it was a great way to close out our last day of winter break. I am so blessed to have such sweet girls to spend time with. I have no cute pictures of Jillian and Molly--they turned out awful. I guess we'll just have to go skating again...
