Edwards Everyday Moments: Skating

Two weekends in a row, our family went skating. It’s not that we really love skating that much, it just sort of worked out that way. On a Friday night, Addison was going to have a special night with Nana while we took the big girls ice skating. Unfortunately, Nana got sick, so Addison stayed with us and we decided to go roller skating instead. Addison can handle roller skating much more easily than ice skating. However, we were not real impressed at the Friday night crowd at Auburn skate…. should have thought that one through a little better. So, we convinced the girls to go to the mall (it took a lot of convincing), telling them we would go skating the next day. Instead of the mall, we surprised them and took them to the new Alvin and the Chipmunk movie, Chipwrecked. Everyone was happy, and the next day we did make it to the roller skating rink. Skating event #1.

Addison is the cutest little roller skater ever. She took one lesson a long time ago when I would take the girls on Saturday mornings. They told her to put her arms out and take little steps, and that is what she does. Unless she is holding one of our hands.

The following weekend, Nana was better and we went with our original plan – ice skating. It was family skate night with a light show, sounds cool but it was actually just kind of dark and cold. And it didn’t start until 8:30, a little late for us. Due to all these things, we skated for maybe 45 minutes. Hailey is the SLOWEST skater of all time, so she maybe got around the rink twice. She is so cautious. She didn’t start out that way at the roller skating rink, but after a couple of falls a year or two ago, she has been slow as a snail ever since. Symantha had no problem, and we had fun taking turns and skating around with her. It was tough to take pictures of this event, because I am NOT comfortable on ice skates either. This is the only one to represent our night –