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Roller Skating

Last Sunday, Caiden had a skating party in Newton - a reward for good praticing from his piano teacher!  So, our family joined the other "piano families" for a fun evening.  I had not been to the skating rink since middle school, but the place has not changed one bit - same carpet, same lighting, same warps in the floor - it was great!!  They even had the "couple skate" where the lights turn red and the disco ball starts turning, and the song is slow.  It brought back memories from grade school when I wanted so badly to skate with a boy during that one song.  This time, I got to skate with Caiden - he even held my hand!  :)

Cambry started out pretty slowly, but she caught on by the end and didn't need us to hold her hand!  Caiden was off and skating right away, despite falling a few times (which resulted in a few tears).  He got back out there, though!  This was a fun family outing, and Cambry was already asking when we could go back!

Same old sign!



Part of his reward was earning a can of pop - Root Beer, of course!

Beginning to slow down!

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