1st Roller Skates

So with Bella's first pair of ice skates arriving soon, I thought it would be a good idea to practice on carpet first. Mark and I bought her her first pair of roller skates!

She did pretty well walking around with them, she lost her balance a couple times and one time she fell and Mark and I just wanted to see if she could figure out how to get up on her own. She tried a couple of times, but decided to just take a little nap instead. As shown in this picture:

Grandpa came over later on that day and Bella showed off her skills. We put on her helmet, because she was trying to venture off into the kitchen where if she fell would not be as nice a landing as the carpet.

I think we'll have a little Michelle Kwan pretty soon. The skating skill definitely runs on both sides of the family with Maxine winning 6 gold medals in her most recent competition a few weeks ago, and Ashley winning her first gold medal over Thanksgiving during her very first competition... go girls!!!