The boys had a school skating party tonight.
It was awesome--mostly because I didn't constantly have a kid with a death grip on my hand trying to drag me down!
Josh Oliver, who got to go for the first time, wanted absolutely nothing to do with me. He only wanted Ben. The picture pretty much sums up the way he felt about being separated from Ben. I was alright with it, though. Even on kid-friendly Fisher Price roller skates, he would have been a lot of work.
Henry refused to have help from anyone. In fact, I kept hearing him offer to help teach other kids how to skate--and then he would generally fall, but that was beside the point! He thought he was awesome! He actually did a pretty good job. He was super quick and even managed to do a couple of rounds of limbo. He was so proud of himself!
Lucas was the only one who would actually ever grab my hand. He's gotten so much braver and steadier that he only needed my help for some momentum or when he was about to fall. He was really nice to skate with. A perfect balance!
Skating is so much better when I'm freed up!
In the end, though, I felt a bit useless so I offered to skate around with one of Luke's friends who was just learning. It was nice to actually be able to help someone, although he really was doing pretty good on his own.
Also, Henry spent the last two songs of the night couple skating with one of the girls from his class, Hailey.
That broke my heart a little.
