Roller Skating!

First things first. Forgive the picture. That’s just the best my phone could do under the way low lighting situation we were in.

We went skating today. The kids are always getting passes from school to go. Today, we actually went. The nostalagia for when I skated started at the door… when I paid $19 AFTER I got credit for the three passes. It’s $5.50 to get in (that’s what the pass covers) and then $2 skate rental. Sheesh!! I remember paying like $1.25 to get in an an extra quarter or fifty cents to rent skates. Anyway, this was Olivia’s first time every on roller skates. She really didn’t like going out on the floor at first. So, I had her do carpet skating for a while until she wanted to try the floor again. It was about 2 hours before she’d let me take her back out. But, then she decided she liked it much better and had me do it a couple more times with her.

But, for the most part, I was on my own. That meant I could skate my little heart out. And, while I heart did enjoy it, my legs started complaining rather quickly. Man, I’m old and in bad shape!! I’m a bit nervous about how sore I’ll be in the morning. I just didn’t realize how different the muscle use is from every day walking to skating around. Regardless of the pain, I had fun. I only fell once, but I fully blame Noah. We were skating while holding hands, and he fell right across my path. I’d done a good job of straddling the mess of him limbs going every where, but then he hooked his skate into mine and that was the end of it. Thankfully, I’m well cushioned. It makes the landing softer.

Hannah, Noah and Jonah all had a fun time. They did a skating unit in PE this winter and enjoyed taking what they learned out into the real world. I think I will see about trying to get out to the old roller rink more often. I really fell I got a great work out. I could do with a few more of those.

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