***Meg and Brylie at Brylie’s 7th birthday party*** 
***Beautiful Megan at her school picnic*** 
***Megan and Adam at the school picnic***
***Meg taking a rest after skating lessons at the rink***
On Saturday morning, I took Megan up to the Arlington Skatium for skate lessons. When I told her about the lessons, she seemed very excited. Thankfully, the lessons lived up to her expectations. She loved roller blading so much that after the lesson was over, we stayed at the skating rink for 3 more hours. All-in-all, we were at the rink from 10:00am until 2:00pm.
I was so excited to see how confident the lessons had made her and how well she did afterwards. Considering this was only the third time she had her roller blades on, I thought she did amazingly well. We are planning on going back to lessons next Saturday, and possibly going on Wednesday (it will depend on how she does in school).
Meme and Poppy bought Meg a pair of roller blades for her birthday this year at her request. Back in February, Meg tried on a pair at Sports Authority and instantly wanted them. Jarrad and I told her that we would not buy them for her until she learned to ride her bike. It worked out because she started riding her bike in May, which gave her a few months to get good at that.
While Meme and Poppy were visiting, we took Megan up to Academy to pick out her birthday present. Meme wanted to make sure that we got her the ones that she wanted. Meme let her open them at her birthday party on Saturday.
Sunday afternoon, I took Megan and Rebekah around the neighborhood on their roller blades. Meg’s first outing on her roller blades went well, but she held my hand the whole time. Monday after school, Meg was super excited to get her roller blades back on and didn’t want my help this time. She rolled back and forth across the driveway a few times and then she went out to the street. I was shocked at how much confidence she had gained in just one day.
Of course, she fell a few times, but it’s all part of the process. I’m sure she’ll fall a lot more over her years. Thankfully her fall was broken by her protective gear that Meme and Poppy also gave her.
She’s still super excited about roller blading! This smile says it all. 
Stay tuned for a post about skating lessons :)
