Ice Skating with Tweens

After being pretty sedentary for most of the winter I’ve decided to start being a little more active. I’ve been working out several times a week and even joined a hip hop class for completely uncoordinated women over 30. (Ok, maybe I’m the only uncoordinated one, but we are all over 30.)

Last Sunday our instructor couldn’t make it to class so we decided to go roller skating instead. It has been 20 years since I’ve been roller skating. And it showed. I considered it a small victory that I was able to stay on my feet the whole 2 hours we were there.

Our kids were not so victorious. My 6-year-old declared he was done after just 30 minutes. He took off his skates and begged me for money for the video games for the next hour and a half. My 9-year-old son gave up about 15 minutes later. So roller skating was a big bust.

Today the school’s PTO had a Family Fun Night at the local ice arena. I wasn’t really looking forward to it. It’s been around 25 years since I’ve been ice skating. And I wasn’t even very good at it then. But I figured the kids would be done within half an hour and we could be on our way. I was wrong.

They love it. They stumbled all over the rink. They fell down several times. But they loved every minute of it. Apparently ice skating is activity of choice for the tween market. Their already talking about going ice skating over spring break.

Me? My butt is sore from the spectacular fall I took. My ankles hurts. My legs are throbbing. And I’m terrified at the thought of taking them ice skating again over spring break.