When we were younger, Nicki and I loved to roller skate. And just for the record, I was better than her at it originally! As my ability to skate faded, so did my love for it, while Nicki’s continued. When I hear of her taking her boys skating, I always figure it’s something my boys just won’t have much practice at. Then church announced Family Skate Night. For a minute I was sad for Mac. He has begun asking to go roller skating and I have been putting him off. I know I can’t take him and I actually have no idea if Shannon roller skates…again, it’s an activity we’ve just never discussed since I can’t do it. As I was thinking of a way to take him, Nicki leaned over and said, let’s take the boys! So, we did.
Mac is like me, cautious by nature. If we try something and aren’t successful, we tend to give up. So I was nervous for him. After falling the first dozen times, he sat next to me and started to complain. I figured, Well that’s it. We might as well leave. But after watching everyone else fall a few times, he got up and practiced more on his own. I was very impressed! He didn’t give up. His hard work paid off and he got much better by the end of the evening. He didn’t want too much help from Nicki or Matthew, much to Matthew’s disappointment. He even raced in the boys’ race! Here’s a very quick clip of him skating. He’s the cute blond in the middle. 🙂
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It was a very fun evening. Meme bought Patrick his own pair of skates and even he had a blast.