It must have been love, but it's over now....

Picture it....1990. A roller skating rink with colorful lights flashing on the floor. Unskinny bop is playing in the background as red-faced teenagers whiz around the rink. Fake strawberry smoke fills the air as the rink is packed wall to wall with teenagers. Yes. The good old days. 

Kids don't skate for fun now do they?

Yes they do. 

And apparently we do too. 

I thought it would be great fun to take all 3 kids to Friday night meltdown while Erik played poker this past weekend. This was a heinous lapse in judgement by me. As I walked into the rink every molecule in me told me to turn and walk away. It was packed with teenagers. 

However the girls were so excited to go ice skating. There was only one other family there and they didn't have a 3 year old. Imagine an ice rink packed with teenagers and me with my 3 kids. It was a Friday night meltdown (different meaning when you have a 3 year old). Matthew did not like skating and screamed when he got on the ice. So I took off his skates and he ran up and down the bleachers in a craze. The girls had fun, but it took Sarah awhile to feel comfortable on the ice. Jenna took off and had a great time. The Chiller was great and refunded mine and Matthew's tickets. 

While I was chasing 3 kids around an ice skating rink, my mother-in-law had her knee replaced. She is doing really well and is now at a rehab clinic for a week. Then she will be able to go home. She was in a lot of pain but is doing much better now. The doctor said it could take 3 months before she is back to normal. I hope not since her bedroom is on the 2nd floor. I assume she will be doing jumping jacks and running marathons in a few days. 

Walking with a walker

 The kids loved her walker and the bed that could be moved up and down. It was a fun ride for them!

The kids loved the hospital bed

Going to Paris has greatly expanded my waistline. When I go running in the winter I have to bring kleenex with me since my nose runs. This is undesirable. I wanted to find a shorter workout (25 minutes) that would still be tough like P90X. I like P90X but who wants to work out for an hour? We bought Focus T25 which is a shorter version of the Insanity workout by Shaun T. We are currently on day 3 and I like it better than any of the other shorter workouts we have (Jillian, Jackie, Advocare, etc). So we will see if I have washboard abs in 5 weeks.

Maybe then I'll go back to the skating rink and relive my teenage years.