Nadia went to our neighbor's roller skating birthday party in June 2012, and that was when I found out about this roller skating rink located about 15 minutes north of us. I had seen on their website that they had a skate on Tuesday mornings from 10:00-12:30 that was geared for preschoolers. Today was the first time that Ian, Oliver, or Paul went there. Actually our kids were the only preschoolers there. It seems to be geared for senior citizens (retirees) who were enjoying roller skating, playing pool, etc. Ian has been ice skating in Maryland, but this was his first time at a roller skating rink, and it was only Nadia's second time. We lasted for 90 minutes. Paul and I took turns skating with Ian and Nadia while the other parent was with Oliver. We brought Nadia and Ian's skates that I bought a couple of years ago, and Paul and I rented skates. We are glad we went, but the next time we return, we plan on just one parent taking either Nadia or Ian (until Oliver is old enough to roller skate), which would make the outing a lot more affordable. Nadia did a better job than Ian, but both children have a LOT of room for improvement. They haven't used their skates much in our driveway. They both definitely made progress over the time we were there.
We had been planning to go ice skating with some other homeschoolers this Friday, but we've decided to wait until January to go ice skating as a family because Nadia and Paul are planning to go bowling on Thursday, and all five of us are planning to go to Hershey Park's Christmas Candylane on Saturday.
Paul has submitted his grades and other assessment data for the semester. Now he's started working on preparing for the new class he'll be teaching in the spring semester. I submitted two more job applications for him today, which puts the current total at seventeen. Once I have his student evaluations for the fall semester, I will submit three more applications for him.
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