We went for our third week of skating today. The kids are improving rapidly. But we did have a couple of attempts at self-destruction. Tamara has discovered that she can go quite fast, all over the floor. However, she fails to remember to slow down before encoutering an obstacle. Hence, her rapid throat-first encouter with the rails.

Caitlin, on the other hand, has her speed well in hand. But her balance when attempting to skate backward still leaves something to be desired. She fell on her skate...as in, the wheeled part of her skate impacted her groin. OUCH!

Brenden is just as good as the girls...but he doesn't believe it, and won't leave the walls and rails.

Liam does just fine now that we got him the little Fisher-Price strap-ons that don't roll very well. But he still prefers to play with the video games.

Ah, well. Mom still is enjoying her new-found sport, with her first pair of brand-new skates and lots of practice.