The kids and I got invited to Skate City 2 weeks ago when there was no school on Monday. I did not know how the kids would do since it was a disaster the last time we were there (like 2 years ago). The kids then fell already a couple of times before they even hit the ring and then of course they were all frustrated and crying and after 20 minutes we left.
This was the last time Jonah was at Skate City.
Olivia got invited for a birthday party last year to Skate City and this went ok. She skated at the wallside by pulling herself forward. She fell a couple of times but it was okay, no tears.
But now, with this friend, it was all different. The kids had fun, fell a couple of times but there were no tears and everybody just had fun. They were ok going alone by themselves and I checked on them individually every couple of minutes.
And now they are taking Skater lessons!!
These pictures are from their first lesson. They were so excited to learn with all the other kids they could hardly contain themselves.The lesson itself was a tad boring for me and not worth taking any pictures, so please find below two videos that I took from them in skating around after the lesson. The skating after is free for them and for me as a parent so that's definitely a good deal!
You can see how Jonah 'walks' forward but now after the second lesson and some more practice he's doing so much better! There are 5 lessons in total, so 3 are left, and I will post a video of the kids after the 5th lesson (for a 'before' and 'after' so to speak).
I got Olivia her inline skates from a Second Hand store for $10, and Jonah's I found at a garage sale last year for $2 or $5 - can't remember exactly but they were pretty cheap!
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