Roller Skating Magic

Magical.  That's the exact word I used when describing my recent trip to the roller skating rink with the kids to Matt.  I've always loved to skate and it has been the one thing that Matt has always refused to do with me.  Having kids was going to be a game changer, they would skate with me.

Gina and I had purchased a social media offer for skate admission for two plus pizza and pop and decided that it would be so much fun to take the kids roller skating.  The coupons were burning a hole in our pockets for probably six months while we waited for the stars to align on the best possible date to use them.  The plan was for me to just take McKenzie and have Ben do something else with Matt.  It was going to be just like I remembered from my childhood but I'd be skating hand in hand with my daughter, teaching her how to skate and then trying out the hokey pokey.  Magical.

Fast forward to the reality of our trip... I had just come home from a three day trip for work and was heading out again on Saturday morning for a girls overnight trip so leaving Ben with Matt was out of the question since Ben needed some Mom time and Matt needed some alone time.  So now it's two grown ups versus three kids with wheels on their feet.  Add in McKenzie's arm being in a cast and we had all the makings for a magical event.

Roller skates are okay if you're sitting down

I think we officially made it around the rink three times.  After the first series of falls that resulted in strangers hauling my kids off the floor and then us shuffling back to the skate rental counter to have their wheels locked down so the skates were essentially turned into clunky shoes I think three times around is great.

Once the kids spotted the video games all hope of skating further was out.  The skates made them taller so they could reach more of the video game buttons themselves.  Score one point for the skates. Luckily our pizza was delivered to our table which was located next to the video games so we didn't have to herd kids and carry pizza on skates.

I was glad to have Gina along to feel my pain and reassure me that I wasn't crazy to wanting to come roller skating with the kids.  Now I can assure you it will be a year or two before you'll see me dragging these kids out to the rink again.  I won't give up the dream of skating with the kids, instead I'll just postpone it until the right stars do align.  If you weren't convinced by the above details about roller skating with the kids being magical this picture pretty much sums it up.

Magical.  But not in a good way.