Besides spending the day before Adam's surgery mopping floors and cleaning toilets and washing sheets and doing dishes and bathing Lily and stocking up on groceries and cleaning up the 101 messes that Drew and Titus make every time that I turn around, I came up with a fun family outing for us that evening.
Ice Skating!
The Bentonville square has a cute little ice-skating rink in the winter. We ran out of time to do it last year and we nearly did this year as well (they closed last weekend). With RoRo coming into town that Thursday evening, I knew we'd have someone to sit out with Titus and it seemed like the perfect way to have some fun before Adam spent the next week unable to do much.
Adam was SO excited, but Drew was quite nervous. He told me about 50 times, "But mom, I've never ice skated before!"
They had those little walker things to help with the inexperienced kiddos (if only they came in adult sizes!), but bless Drew's heart he just wasn't having it.
He made it around once and then he decided he was SO done.
I wish I could have been a bigger help to him, but I was no doubt a laughing stock on the ice. I've only ice-skated once before (in college) and it was disastrous. So bad that the guy that worked there skated out to me to see if I needed assistance off the ice since I didn't seem to be going anywhere (despite my best efforts, I should add!). I've never owned my own roller or in-line skates. I was that kid at the skating birthday parties that sat out and talked to the parents because I was so uncoordinated on the rink. But oh my word, I still had so much fun on Thursday night! After one nasty spill (which gave me a bruise I'm still sporting), I found my "bless her heart" groove and could somewhat skate for the first time ever. I was quite proud. :)
Poor Matt had something happen to his foot within minutes on the ice and he called it quits when Drew did since he was in so much pain. Adam tried to skate without one of the walkers and fell over and over and over again. He had such a good attitude about it until he had a really bad fall and hit his head quite hard. That brought the waterworks and his declaration that he was never skating again EVER!
Mommy's great idea was looking like a pretty big failure and then our friends Codie and Paul arrived to the rescue.
Adam immediately wanted to try again since Paul could skate with him. They both used the walkers and Adam did so, so good. He could cruise around the rink much more quickly once he got the hang of it. Daniel arrived a little later and joined us on the ice. Codie and Daniel were both really good skaters and even though I definitely wasn't, it was lots of fun...and provided good entertainment for those on the sidelines.
There's a new roller skating rink in town that we've been wanting to visit, so we're hoping to get some practice in before we ice skate again. Maybe by next winter I won't get shown up by the little 3 year olds that were passing me. :)
3 comments:
Fun!! We went ice skating twice this year (once indoor, once outdoor) and I was surprised at how much KayTar loved it! She certainly isn't a "natural" and needs to hold on to two grown-ups at all times and still manages to fall, but she so enjoys it! BubTar on the other hand, only fell once, but spent most of the first time crying in the penalty box because he wasn't as good as it as he imagined he would be...and declined the offer to go again!
Just an FYI, ice skating was MUCH easier for KayTar than rollerskating, she can't stay up on those even with us holding her up and she was ready to quit quickly. I think the difference was that the footwear was working against her, not just the slippery floor.
What fun times! Skating is definitely not my strong suit (as I've had little practice), but I think I could do it with one of those walkers!
We had a great time with you guys! =) That picture of Paul and Adam cracks me up!!!!
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