Skating

Caitlyn and Jonah have been roller blading a lot this summer.  They could barely stand up at the beginning of summer and now they are doing great.  I love to roller blade so on Thursday night we went to Classic to skate.

We invited Amarie and Ataiya.  I think they all had a lot of fun.

Jonah was ready to switch to his scooter after a while, but he had fun on his roller blades.  He did great, but I think all of the people made him a little nervous.

Caitlyn was the only one that didn't want to switch to her scooter.  She got all upset and didn't know who she would roller blade with since all the other kids wanted to ride their scooters.  It took me a minute to remind her that I was there on my roller blades and I could skate with her.  I think moms are invisible some times.  I think my kids forget I'm a person who has feelings and likes to do things besides clean up after them.  Caitlyn and I ended up skating together for a while and had a great time.  She could keep up with me with no problem.  I am so impressed with her improvement.

We've been trying to do some other fun things during these last few weeks of summer.  A couple of weeks ago Amarie slept over.  After skating we had Amarie and Ataiya sleep over and Dante slept over the night before that. 

Last week we got together with friends a few times.  We had Beck's over for dinner.  Always fun!  We also went swimming with Katie and Ben and had them over after.  It was nice to catch up with friends.  They were all last minute things, those always work better for me then planning them out.  I hate committing to things, so I'm not good at making plans!

Keith had yesterday off because he had to work today.  We went to Seven Peaks.  It was fun.  We have only gone four or five times this summer. I'm really not a big fan.  It is fun, but I think we have more fun at a pool.  I think we will do Classic again next year.  That was a lot more fun for us.  Seven Peaks is so crowded and there really isn't a ton for the kids so they got bored pretty fast. 

 I have to write down something Jonah said because it captures Jonah so well.  The other night at dinner he said, "Mom you know I love you, right?  Well I hate to say it, but this meat is disgusting!"  I thought that was a pretty nice way to say he didn't like the dinner. 

Last night Caitlyn and I had a mother/daughter night for activity days.  Since I planned the whole father/daughter activity my partner took over and did this activity.  It was great, this way I could just enjoy my time with Caitlyn.  We played some games, ate treats and painted nails.  It was a lot of fun.  Caitlyn loved it and I loved having some time with her.  She is growing up so fast.