Falling with Grace

Today, Nicole started her first rollerblading lesson. Armed with her new sets of wheels, her protective gear, and a whole lot of attitude, she started her lesson proper at 8.00 pm at the basketball court located just across the road. She picked up some tricks quite quickly, and could now pick herself up when she falls...on her own, and a little bit of blading. Not too bad for just 1 hour's worth of effort. She has also made a new friend at her class, an 8 year old girl Renee, who could do quite a bit of magic with her wheels. Renee wasn't there for lessons, but was simply there, cos' she loves hanging out with the older children there. She gave nic some sort of motivation to work harder at learning the new skills, and some hand-holding as well.

We decided that we will sign her up for the class, as we would like to build up her can-do attitude. Nic does lacks some confidence in some areas, and could be painfully shy when it comes to socialising. We figured that rollerblading would build up some confidencce in her, and would be a good form of exercise for her too.

Looking at the kids wheezing by, Mike and myself were pretty tempted to pick up the sport. Given our age, guess it may be a bit of a problem, as we are at the age where we are "afraid to fall". These kids have no qualms landing on their butt, on their face. We could never be able to do that. We would probably "break a leg"