Kate's Skate

This afternoon was reduced admission for Elizabeth Lane students at Kate's Skating Rink. Mike and I brought Charlie and Amelia, and Mandy brought Ben and Rebecca. None of the kids had ever been on roller skates before and lets just say it showed ;-) By the end of the afternoon Rebecca was fairly self sufficient and Ben was fairly self sufficient with a lot of falls ;-) My children? Not so much.  I blame the Robinson genes for their inherent lack of balance since Mandy and I are at least half way proficient on both roller skates and ice skates ;-) Amelia stayed mostly in the small training area in a tangle of legs and skates although by the end of the afternoon she was able to make a circuit or two around the rink with an adult holding on to her. Charlie was at first completely unable to maintain his balance and being something in the neighborhood of 84 pounds or so was much more difficult to keep upright in the rink even with Mandy and I on either side of him holding him up. By the end of the afternoon he did improve enough to be able to make it around the rink extremely slowly and precariously with one adult holding him up. After a seven mile run this morning boy am I ever feeling the added workout of holding him up on roller skates! 

The verdict? Remarkably both kids want to go back next week!