Sunday, November 26, 2017

Roller Skating

Pocatello has one roller skating place in it. It is not super fancy, but it is fun and they do a lot of specials to make skating pretty cheap for the entire family. The children had earned free coupons from selling their coupon books at school and then Rebecca and I had two free passes from the coupon book that we got. So, on the Monday after Julia's and Agnes' birthdays we decided to go as a family. At first it was a bit of a struggle while Rebecca or I sat out and held Asher and the other tried to help all of the other children, but then the workers there noticed and let us borrow a couple strollers. That was perfect, because then Asher and Agnes had a blast riding in the strollers and Ethan, Christian, and Elliott were able to push the strollers to help maintain their own balance. We stayed for about three hours and were all tired and sore by the time we went home.

Julia has been pretty sufficient on her own for the past few times that we have gone. By the end of the night Ethan had things down too and could skate anywhere on his own without falling. He wasn't too fast, but at least he was going. Christian and Elliott also both got a lot better. They went from needing to hold on to the wall and still falling a lot to being able to skating on their own with only a few falls per lap or being able to do really well if they were holding someone's had.

Our ward Christmas party in a couple of weeks is going to be back at the skating place and I am excited to see how far along they will be by the end of that.













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