Skating Party Revisited

Yes, Caden got to go to his rescheduled skating party.  Last week it was canceled due to owners not showing up.  Kidzone decided to have it a week later and all was well.  They had a good turn out of children and they were all ready to skate whether they knew how or not.  Kendra and Colin are old pros so they got skates on and took off.  Caden's maybe third time skating? so still new at it.  I had the workers tighten the wheels on his skates starting out.  Tried to teach him the "waddling like a penguin" trick I used to teach the other kids.  Caden is a little young to get that concept but he did good trying.  After about an hour, I had his wheels loosened so he would learn more balance plus he was trying to roll forward with wheels that wouldn't roll.  He at one point rolled a wheel completely off the skate and had to get a new pair.  He fell several times and I'm sure his butt is sore but he kept getting up and trying again.  At one point he was trying to skate backwards like his old man was (quite the funny sight).  I worked a little with Kendra and Colin on skating backwards and they tried it but realized it causes more falls than they wanted.  Of course there were snacks and video games .(Try convincing a child that we are there to skate not to play video games.)  After about 2 hours I think the kids(and me)were ready to go home.  Now we can't wait until the St. Joe School skating party!!

Two high speed skaters

Snack time buddies