Roller Derby

Kids' Day Out was here today, where we met a whole lot of the kids from church at the roller skating rink for a day of fun.  Now Madison has been on roller skates once.  That was a few years ago - still, she did pretty good.  A little shaky at first, but that's to be expected, right?  She was skating with Mommy or Daddy - and sometimes both!

She was pretty happy to see Ms. Halston there too, apparently!

It was a great afternoon rolling around.  As you can see in these photos below, Madison was clinging to us for dear life, wanting us to never let go at all.

But soon she was off on her own, trying to get the hang of things.  Of course, she needed a wall (or one of us) nearby all the time...

But it was great seeing her improve, and there was a sweet spirit about the whole afternoon.  She was doing so well, and it was wonderful watching her learn on her own - she was having a great time, even when she fell!

She was with a lot of her friends and family, and it was such a great afternoon together.  Here's a first below:  pinball!

We mentioned on this blog earlier that she's been into video pinball.  But this was the real deal, a pinball table.  So this was her first, and it was so cool that it was a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme.  She did pretty well for her first try, although she was a bit antsy with the flippers.  She was so excited about that... and excited about this too:

Madison is shooting baskets here, something she was wanting to do over and over again.  She got some tickets afterwards, enough redemption tickets to get a few fake fingernails.  She wore those the rest of the day, quite proud of her winning.

So to sum up, it was a great time at the roller rink.  We had some pizza there, and Madison even won another prize for doing the Hokey Pokey!

When we got back, Daddy had to do a bit of work at the office.  Madison practiced some more, plus did her coloring.  And Mommy did something special:  it's Pineapple Upside-down Cake Day, friends. Tonight, we're going to celebrate!