skater dude

Aiden got roller skates for Christmas. For about a year or so, I've had visions of him skating around and around our little circle with glee, his face all happy and lit up with a smile. I tried to find him some skates for his birthday, but I didn't want the cheap expandable ones (those aren't real roller skates) and I didn't want expensive ones. And obviously, roller blades wouldn't work. He is three after all. It took me a while, but I eventually found the nearly perfect pair at Target.

We took him outside one day to try them out, and it went nothing like I had envisioned. It went a lot like this..

So Kenny grabbed him, held him, and we tried to instruct him in the art of moving his feet to make them roll, and also, staying upright.

It seems he could only master one at a time. Making the wheels roll, or staying upright.


This is the one time he took off on his own

And then he took some time to wave to a friend, and...

Crash! Thanks to the neighbors, who, minutes before this crash gave us a pair of elbow/knee pads.

Then, minutes after the crash, I found the happy face I was looking for.


Happiness. Pure, happiness.