Skating

We recently celebrated my oldest niece's 10th birthday and she wanted to take some of her friends skating. We did cake/ice cream and presents at my sister's house, then headed down to the skating rink for some good times. I must say I have never felt old in my life...I actually still feel really young despite the fact that I turn 29 this year. I have also never really felt un cool in a parent kind of way. All that changed with one night out with my niece, her friends, and the rest of the skating rink. I used to skate as a teenager at this rink and I remember feeling so cool and yes I thought my mom was so uncool lol...that night I just felt really out of place and old! Anyways, when we were getting skates I asked if they had Maddy's size available and the guy didn't even go look he just said, "No I don't think so." I ended up going ahead and getting my skates. I never thought Maddy would feel scared, but I looked down and she just has pure fear in her eyes and was real clingy. I hugged her and tried to reassure her and she slowly started to become more and more comfortable. My sister held her for me while I took one lap around the rink. Might I add that if you don't skate in oh...11-12 years it is definitely a little difficult to get used to again lol. I'm sure all the younger kids were laughing at me but it was still really fun. I got the bright idea to just grab my youngest niece's skates (she refused to try skating) to use for Maddy because in the end it wouldn't matter since Maddy would not be skating on her own. I'm so glad I did cause we got some pictures and she actually did very well. She started to be silly and would say, "Woah, whoa..." We all had a great time and I can't wait to take Maddy back!