Roller Skating

I took the girls roller skating today for the first time.  I have such fond memories of roller skating as a child.  My brother and I learned to skate in the basement of our house using those skates you put over your shoes.  I remember monthly skating parties on Monday night with the area churches in the Tri-Cities area when I was a teenager.  I wanted the girls to enjoy the fun of skating.  Today as we were getting ready to go, Lauren wanted to wear a "costume".  She had it in her mind that we were going ice skating, even though I told her several times that we were roller skating.  She has seen ice skating on television and wanted to wear the little dresses the ice skaters wear!

Lauren loved skating.  She did pretty good for her first time.  Allison didn't skate as much as Lauren.  We were at the rink for 3 hours and Lauren skated most of that time.  We went with Amy, Clara, Coy, Kelly, Brooke, Lindsay, and Kelly's Mom and sister and niece Brooklyn.  We all had a great time. 

My only problem was that roller skating wasn't like riding a bike.  I didn't pick it up as easily as I was hoping.  I wiped out early on, getting my feet tangled up with Allison's.  Luckily I fell on my bum, which has quite a bit of padding.  The bad thing was, I put my hand down to brace the fall, so my wrist and hand are sore.  I took my skates off after that so I could help the girls skate.

Here are a couple videos of the girls skating.

Lauren skating at the beginning of the session

This was not the video I wanted of Allison (I hate when they are sideways), but I can't get it off.

                                         

Lauren skating closer to the end of the session

Lauren posing for a picture

A serious Allison hanging on tightly

Allison smiling for a picture