skate away. . .

Helmets. . .so we can be safe!

I’m ready to skate, quit taking pictures!!  Cheese!

Chelsea to the rescue.

Hey, what are they doing???  That looks pretty fun. . .

I put the skates on a level 1 which meant she was pretty much wearing shoes and could only walk.  No children were harmed in the making of this picture because no rolling of any sorts was involved in this difficult stunt.

I couldn’t keep ahold of Ellie because she was practically running.  She loved it!

Hey Papa!

Look at me!  Cheese!

Whoa!!

Emma learned how to do the splits on the wheels and after the second rolled over toe, Daddy learned to widen his legs and especially move his feet.

Ellie Bellie and Mama

Ellie’s interpretation of the splits.

Dustin and Grandma

About three weeks ago, we went to the Skateplex for my cousin’s birthday party.  Emma had her roller skates, elbow pads, knee pads and her Princess helmet.  We were prepared for anything. . .except when Emma saw all the big girls skating so fast and got a little upset that she couldn’t skate as good as them.  It was so sad.  I told her that Chelsea and her friends have been skating for a really long time and if she keeps skating, she’ll be as good as they are.  Chelsea came over to Emma and saw she was upset, so she held Emma’s hand and took her really slow around the skating rink.  Emma was grinnning from ear to ear and her face was saying, “Mama, I’m skating with the big girls!  Look at me!”  It was so cute!  And then I remember Chelsea being Emma’s age and then I think, “Man, am I getting old?!?”

However, what we weren’t expecting was Ellie to want to participate in the wearing of shoes with wheels and falling on the hard ground repeatedly. . .aka. . .skating.  Ellie loved it!!  When Emma took a break and played video games with Dust, Ellie already had Emma’s skates on ready to go.  I think she did more laps than the other kids and was loving it.  I’m sure her arms were nearly pulled out of their sockets because she would occasionally move too fast and I had the death grip on her hands so she wouldn’t fall too hard.  The skates were nice on my back though because I didn’t have to lean over as much!  Ellie was a good 3 inches taller than usually.

 

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