Rollerskating!!!

The girls have been asking about skating a lot lately, so when Lindsey came home with a $12 coupon from school for rollerskating, we had to go! 

They have these amazing pvc pipe trainers to help beginners out. You have to pay extra for them and all of them were taken when we first got there. I had a girl clinging to each arm when we first got there and I could tell it was going to be a lot of work, but luckily some people turned there's in and I snatched them up quick!

It was so nice because the girls just went around at their own pace with them and I got to skate by myself! I hadn't been since my junior year in High School, so about 13 years ago, but I still loved it just as much! It felt good to get out and do something different with the kids besides watching a movie (although I'll always love going to the movies!). 

The girls kept asking how they could get better, and Gracie was upset that Lindsey and I were going faster than her, so I said we'd have to look into getting some skates for them to practice with at home. My sweet friend, Miranda Forbes, texted me a couple of days later without even knowing about the rollerskating, and asked if my girls would like her girls old skates. Perfect! It was so nice of her to think of us!

The only negative, but still funny, part of the experience was when Gracie had to go to the bathroom and ended up screaming from the stall because right as she started to pee, she went rolling off the toilet. There was a bar along the wall that I told her to hold onto, but apparently that wasn't enough support. It was frustrating because we all wanted to keep skating, but she got a little on her pants. Plus when I was helping her get back up off the floor, my phone fell out of my pocket and landed on the floor right by the toilet. Disgusting! Plus, there weren't any sinks in the bathroom. Thank goodness I always carry hand sanitizer!!! I learned my lesson and held onto Lindsey when she had to use the bathroom. Lindsey later told me that there was a sink outside the bathroom that she saw kids washing their hands in. I'll have to find it next time we go because it horrified me that a public bathroom had no way to wash your hands!!!

We had so much fun!!!