Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

On Friday afternoon we joined our homeschool group for an afternoon of roller skating at the local rink. I, of course sit and chat with other moms, and then a phone call came for me. The rink doesn’t have very good reception so I headed outdoors to chat. When I came back in I found ScienceKid being talked to by one of the referees, and he called me over.

Oh no, what did he do? What was this all about? Actually the HUGE smile on SK’s face told me that everything was quite alright. SK shared that he was pulled off the rink cause he was going way too fast around the rink, and now the referee was inviting SK to join the rink’s speed skating team. LOL….LOL….LOL

SK was so pleased, really, really pleased. And he skated slowly the rest of the Friday afternoon session. Sunday morning before the sun was up (what was I thinking when I agreed to do this?) we headed to the skating rink. No one was there. SK convinced me to buy him a donut at the Dunkin Donuts place nextdoor, and while he ate and drank his hot chocolate I enjoyed my large cup of decaf. He shared what he had done at the sleep-over birthday party he attended Friday night, and we just had some nice mom-son time, for 30 minutes. And then the cars started rolling into the skating rink.

The practice lasted for 2 hrs and SK had a SUPER time. He totally loved every minute, even when he took a fall. But he fit right in. I liked it that the skaters ranged in age from youngsters to middle-aged folks, all interacting with each other, and many of the skaters have known each other for years,. We’ll be back next week too.  Maybe by then SK will be able to convince his brother to join in.