Determination

Lightning and Miss M have TONS of it.

I took them skating for the first time at Skateland last night.Passing of stuff for scouts. They were troopers and Lightning has the bruises to prove it. I am sure Miss M fell just as many times . I am sure her hind end caught her fall just as many times. Lightnings knees look much the same as his elbows. One fall and I am done for. I am too old for that. Don't ask me why I did not give the poor kid knee and elbow pads! The answer is, I did not think of it until it was too late.Poor kid said as he dropped in to bed last night how much they hurt and I said, "oh, it can't be that bad!" and when he got up this morning and showed me his knees and elbows I knew I owed him a BIG apology and some Advil. I had a few other Mothers at the rink mention how determined my kids were. They got up every time they fell, and tried again until they went from hanging on the wall to both being able to skate the loop almost fall free. I am sure this determination will serve them well in life. It already has in so may ways.I just want to muster enough determination today to get my to do list done so we can get out of town for the weekend.