Skating Party

Collin went to Jake and Charlotte's birthday party this morning at a local roller rink.  He has been here several times before and knew what he was going to do when we walked into the building.  This time though, he wanted to try skating without the assistance of the white skatemate.  For about 20 minutes, I held him up, picked him up, and held him from behind to help him skate.  He did standing but instantly fell when tired to move forward.  Here are the only pictures I took of him trying to skate by himself.  He fell so fast, that I never got a picture of him standing. Here is what he mainly looked like. 

He decided he did wanted me to get him a skatemate so he could keep trying. I was proud of him for not giving up. Once he had the skatemate, he skated around and around the rink. He got tired quickly though and wanted me to push him on it. He put his skates on the bottom of the PVC pipe and I pushed him around and around. He laughed so hard at this. By now, he had been skating over an hour and was getting hot and wanted to rest. However, he did not rest on the side of the rink.  He just collapsed in the middle of the floor and wanted to lay there.   

He did not want to get off the floor to have pizza and cupcakes.  He did eventaully leave when he saw that all of the kids were sitting at the table.  After eating a very small slice of pizza, he asked to skate more.  By then, it was time to sing to the birthday boy and girl which he did do.  He wanted to sit right next to Jake to sing.  Just as with any other party, he want me to cut off the icing before eating his cupcake.  He has switched over to chocolate these days and does eat all of the cake part.  Usually, there is a bite or two left for me. 

We left the party to head to Timmy and Leah's house to play for a little while before going to Saige's house for dinner.  Just another typical day for Collin.