Roller Skating

Rose's school (New Song) had a roller skating party yesterday.  They rented out the roller skating rink for 2 hours and played Christian music for any and all families who wanted to come.  I decided to take Rose and Ava and leave the other two with a sitter.  Being 27 weeks pregnant, I wasn't getting on any skates and I didn't think I could help more than two at a time.

We met one of Rose's friends from school, Hunter, and her mom and sister for lunch at a sushi place before hand.  The sushi was DELICIOUS!  The girls had chicken and fried rice, but were not big fans.  Can you blame me for trying to culture my children a little bit?!  I didn't hear any complaints when they were served a free ice cream sundae at the end of their meal though.

Skating was an adventure, to say the least!  Ava could not stand up without falling and Rose wasn't much better.  But I guess that is to be expected for their first time skating.  I walked them around the rink, one on each arm, a couple of times, but we weren't making much progress.  We ended up renting these ingenious skating walkers (I don't know what they are really called, but that is what they look like), which totally saved the day.  With the skating aid, Rose took off to cruise around the rink on her own.  Ava took a little longer to get used to it (and a few more spills) before she felt comfortable enough to roll around on her own.

Lucy (a new girl in Rose's class), Eden (Hunter's sister), Hunter, Rose, and Ava

The girls happy to have the skating walkers

Gaining independence

All in all, it was a fun adventure and despite their bruised little tushies, they both left saying they wanted to do it again.