Funky's Skating Rink

It is Spring Break for the city and county school systems this week, so we get to have our school-agers all day for the week. A local church had rented out the newly renovated skating rink for a "Christian Family Skate" and so we loaded up the four, five, and six year olds in our care and headed out to the rink!

When we got there, not many other people were around, so the adults from the other church helped all of our kids get their skates on and tied. What a blessing! Once the kids were all laced up, they headed out to the rink to try out their wheels. The neat thing about roller skating with kids is that there is a bolt in each wheel that can be tightened so that the wheels don't roll very much. This gives the kids a chance to try out skating without falling so much.

One of the first things that the kids did was play "red light; green light." It's a fun game because you don't have to be able to skate-just crawl. The DJ calls out "red light" or "green light" and the kids have to pay attention. Sometimes he called out "go!" and the kids that moved had to be sent back to the wall to start over.

As you can see from the pictures, the kids had a great time.

The DJs played all Christian music, so we didn't have to worry about lyrics or dancing. That was a huge worry removed!

I even put on a pair of skates and did a few laps. So did Ms. Pammie!!

About mid-way through, they called all the kids back into the party room and had a devotional time for them. I like for our kids to hear God's message in all different arenas, and it was a good excuse to take a break.