Keep Rollin', Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'....

Mae's friend gave her a pair of roller skates a few months ago and she wore them endlessly (even to the grocery store once).  A natural on eight wheels, she is.  It was definitely love at first sight until...well, she found a new love.  She spotted a pair of roller blades at a Goodwill store and the excitement in her eyes told me that seven dollars could buy her much happiness and my clean dishes for one week.  I made the purchase and she literally had them on before we even exited the store.  One would think that the downhill parking lot in front of us would instill some sort of fear in her, it being her first time on blades and all, but fearless Mae took off at full-speed all the way to the car.  When she realized that she had no idea how to stop, she just ran right into the car, turning around to yell to me, "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" 

At a different Goodwill a couple of weeks later, I spotted a pair of brand new, tags-still-on roller blades in Kyler's exact size.  Assuming that what makes one child happy will, of course, make the other just as blissful, I bought them.  Next up:  Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Kenny put Kyler's new blades on and I pulled out the camera, absolutely certain that Kodak moments were upon us.  And it did, it did start out that way.

See?  Picture perfect. 

But then...

...this happened...

...and then this.

Just so you don't think this blog entry is solely dedicated to making fun of my firstborn child, I will say this about Kyler:  the boy has dedication.  After fifteen minutes on the blades, he did take them off and say he needed a break, but they were back on before the end of the day.  The above pictures were from Saturday.  Yesterday (Monday), I witnessed him take on a very steep hill.  We did not need to make a rushed visit to the emergency room; he cleared the hill with much confidence.  There is no doubt in my mind that soon, I will be posting a picture of him triple-flipping through the air after using a makeshift plywood ramp on bricks.