If you read both
His and this blog, then some of the pictures will be a repeat.
Santa brought the girls some roller skates, as per their request. Good thing we live in Florida, where today the temperature was expected to reach a record 82 degrees today. Yes, winter. I laugh in the face of winter. The rest of the United States is snowed in under inches and inches of snow. And we went to the park.
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Now, the girls have skates, but have no idea how to make them work. As luck would have it, our local high school has a roller hockey rink attached to a playground. How do you spell fun times?
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Abbie fared decently enough. She is actually able to move herself without falling. Anna, on the other hand...
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She spent a good amount of time on her behind. But it didn't seem to bother her much.
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Miles got lucky and has inherited a scooter from Anna.
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And he's young enough, that he doesn't even care that it's bright pink.
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And yes. Even I got in on the action:
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I would estimate that I've not worn my rollerblades in at least 5 years.
And Lucas, well, he just dressed the part:
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Sweet shoes, eh? And yes, he's standing by himself.
(All pictures at the rink were taken by Matt. The rest were taken by me.)
After we'd skated up a good sweat, we headed to the playground for a couple of minutes.
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There was some slide-fun. And some swing-fun.
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And my baby girl grew up before my very eyes.
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(Sometimes she just looks so much older than 6).
Miles showed us how tough he is.
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And how sweet he can be.
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(Love that kid!)
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And Lucas was in awe of all the fun to be had at the park (in DECEMBER!).
But he found himself something fun AND delicious!
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And we felt like good parents for taking pictures instead of intervening.