Roller Skating!!!!

So yesterday George discovered a roller rink that has survived the 80's and 90' and still runs on a regular schedule. He recruited Aunt Meri and off we went. Of course, we had to travel almost an hour to get there, but it was worth it!

I was a bit anxious about going skating with 3 kids in tow- obviously Lorelei would not be participating, so one adult would have to stay with her and each of the other kids would need assistance as well. It turned out that George didn't have a ton of skating experience either, so it made for some fun times!


As we sat down and started putting on our skates, the kids got more and more excited. You can see it on Anya's face here:



Sebastian soon decided that skating was not for him and resorted to his usual climbing activities:



I soon realized that my anxieties were sorta well-founded as both kids realized how hard skating is. Factor in that Meri arrived a few minutes after we did and until she arrived, it was a bit nerve-wracking until she came in.

George entered the rink with one kid holding each hand and they made it halfway around the rink before he took both of them to the tables. Anya was in full-blown tears because she was so scared of falling. Baz wasn't crying, but he was not happy to be sitting at a table instead of the driving games in the arcade area. Thanks to Aunt Meri, we were then able to go skate a little bit (sans kids of course- big eyeroll!) and eventually cool Aunt Meri convinced Anya to try skating a bit.


You can see them in the above picture. Of course, I had visions of Anya falling on her right arm (which is still healing), so I reinforced that she should try to fall on her bottom. Luckily, she did't fall at all and actually has an interest in returning!


Baz, on the other hand, was eager to take his skates off and enjoy a lollipop:
Lorelei wasn't a huge fan either, but I think that had more to do with the gigantic burp that was brewing!


All in all, it was a fun day and I loved getting back into skates- it's been wayyyyy too long! I'm hoping that we can go someday without the kids and really get skating!