My oldest daughter who is 7, is in Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts is a great way for girls to get together and make new friends and learn about helping others as well. There are so many great benefits to joining Girl Scouts. My daughter, Mercades is very shy, so I love that she joined Girl Scouts. She’s made some friends along the way, and she’s getting to talk a bit more with more of the girls in the troop.
Recently the girls had a chance to go rollerskating at a place called Skate City. They could bring their family along to, which is what I loved. I have a younger daughter, Tesla who is 5 years old and not in Girl Scouts because she’s to young yet, but she enjoys going on all these trips with the girls. She’s very outgoing, so she loves being able to be around others. I’m sure she’ll join Girl Scouts when she’s old enough as well.
I have been to Skate City before, but that was over ten years ago. They have changed a lot since I was there last. They still have the skating area for everyone to skate around. They also have some games for you to play, along with food you can buy. One of the things that changed since the last time I was there, is that they had a play area for kids to play on.
You can even have birthday parties there. When I was 12 I had my birthday party here because it was my golden birthday. I had all my friends there and some family and had a great time skating. This brings back so many memories for me when I went here with my girls for Girl Scouts. It was so much fun too!
My daughters are the two in the middle of the photo above. My youngest has the butterfly shirt on and she’s the one who is not in Girl Scouts, but comes with us all the time when the girls do activities. Jade is the one on the left with the purple shirt and purple glasses, and Suki is the girl on the right side with a purple colored shirt and jeans. Jade is my daughters cousin and Suki is a friend they met through one of my friends from school who recently moved back to our town! It was great because my girls have really gotten to know Suki and became such great friends with her. It worked out well for all of us.
Anyways..the girls were so excited to get to skating. This was their first time being able to go out skating. My girls are used to skating around with roller blades, but they still have some trouble with them. I think the skates were a lot easier for them when we went to Skate City. They did fall multiple times while they were out there, but the best thing is that they all kept getting back up and trying over and over again.
Tesla was really enjoying skating towards the end of the day. She fell often in the beginning and even made me fall because she’d fall and I’d end up tripping over her. It was all fun though. I was very proud of her for getting out there and not giving up. She’s the outgoing one, and when they had different activities going on, she would join in on them.
Mercades did not want to stop skating at all. She kept on going and she was doing very well after a while. She starting going on her own without me having to hold her hand and did such a great job. I’m very proud of her for never giving up even after the many falls she may have had. She held on to the wall a lot for some support, but sometimes there were no walls, so she had to do it without holding on to anything. She’s very shy usually, so it was surprising for me to see how well she was doing with all the people there, especially with wanting to go out there by herself. I’m extremely proud of her!
When they started to do the limbo, my daughter Tesla was out there ready to do it. She was actually playing in the play area when they started it, so she didn’t notice til they were close to the end of limbo, but she went out there and tried anyways. You can see that she fell in this photo, but that doesn’t matter. I’m happy that she actually tried! She’s still learning how to skate, so for her to try this I was extremely proud of her.
All of the girls had a great time at Skate City. If you have ever been skating, then you know how much fun it can be. If you are ever in the area, I would highly recommend going to Skate City. It didn’t cost much at all either. It’s $4 for those 5 and under and $6 for those 6 and older. You can bring your own blades if you’d like, otherwise it’s an extra $4 to rent blades. The skates are free rentals. It was definitely a great time for all of us! How many of you have ever been rollerskating or rollerblading?
What fun! I skated up until 10 years ago when I broke my patella after a bad fall. I miss it!
Sorry to hear that! Skating is certainly tons of fun.
Oh what total fun. I haven’t skated since I was a kid and am sure I would end up on the ground, but it would still be a blast. Thanks for sharing…
You’re welcome. I bet you’d be just fine! I hadn’t gone in over ten years and I still did good. I was really surprised.
Now that brings back memories! I was at the skating ring when I was a kid all the time! I loved going to it. I think we should all go skating sometime it is fun and gives you great exercise!
I hope you do take your kids too! It’s such a great experience for everyone!
OMG, that is so awesome! I thought skating rinks went the way of the dodo back in the early 90s!
I loved skating as a kid too! I love it more now that I can share it with my girls.
I haven’t been skating in forever. I used to love to go to the skating rink, but I haven’t seen one around here in years.
I hope you find one soon. It’s so much fun!
I love that skate rinks are still around!! I remember going to them when I was younger with friends it was so much fun!! Looks like everyone had a blast at your Girl Scout event!
They did have a lot of fun. They were all out there skating and not giving up. It was great!
Skating is such a fun activity for kids (and adults too)! I remember as a kid we would always hit the skating rink on Friday night. It was the cool thing to do, haha, and lots of fun.
Sounds like you use to have a lot of fun too. It is such a great experience!
Skate city looks like a blast! The girls are having so much fun. I remember the days at the skating ring with my girlfriends…good times!
Definitely some great times! I always had fun too!
I have so many fond memories of hanging out at the skating rink at a kid! My son and daughter love it too.
That’s so great to hear! I love it when kids enjoy it.
I remember going skating every friday night when I was a kid. Such a great experience!
It is a wonderful experience. I think everyone should go at least once!
I haven’t seen a roller rink since I was a kid!! This looks like a great place for party!
It is a great place for a party. Brings back memories for me when I had a party there.
That looks fun! It’s been a long time since I went skating. The twins are too young to skate, but we will teach them when they are older.
It’s so much fun! I hadn’t gone in years and I loved it.
I can’t even remember the last time I was on rollerskates but I always found it to be a challenge (I’m more of a rollerblade girl myself). Looks like a lot of fun and definitely something my nieces would love.
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They have both skates and blades. I went with the blades because I probably wouldn’t have been good on skates..haha
It looks like the girls had fun. My girls love to skate and we do often. Thanks for sharing about Skate City. I think I’ll take the girls this weekend.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you guys love to skate too. It’s such a great experience for all.
That looks like so much fun. I remember loving to skate as a kid. I feel like kids these days don’t experience as much outside the whelm of technology.
I completely agree with you. It’s great to get kids out and away from technology.
I haven’t been skating forever. That makes me want to have a skating party.
You should! It’s so much fun!
Oh, it’s been so so long since I’ve gone skating. Seeing pictures of the kids brought back so many memories. I used to love the rink!
Same for me! It brought back many memories for me because I went to the exact one I went to as a child.
Both my boys are in boy scouts, well a tally just my oldest andy youngest tags along! It’s such a great program. I should ask them about skating:)
I think all scouts are amazing! They’re wonderful programs for children.
That is a really nice skate center! The ones I remember are so old and rundown. This one is awesome and affordable.
It is very affordable and it certainly is pretty nice. It’s been there for years too.
Roller skating is such a fun activity. It is a way to be active, have fun and stay in shape at the same time.
I completely agree! It’s a lot of great exercise and so much fun.
Looks like they really had a great time! I can’t remember the last time we went skating. It’s about time to go back, I guess. 🙂
They had a wonderful time! I hope you get the time to go skating. It’s so much fun!
This place looks like so much fun! I am glad they still have places like this around!
Me too! It’s such a fun place.
It looks like they had a great time! So much fun!!!
They sure did!
we spent many a Saturday afternoon roller skating at the local arena. My mother would just drop a big group of us off. It was quite an exciting adventure.
That sounds like so much fun! Skating brings back so many memories for me.
My girls love going to skate parties with their girl scout troop!! It is fun to watch them play the games on the roller skates.
I’m glad to hear your girls troops do that too! It’s so much fun!
This looks like a great place to take the kids for some fun. My kids used to love to roller skate when they were younger.
I still love skating and I’m an adult! lol
Looks really fun. Kids would love this and really enjoy this.
It was a lot of fun.
Skating is fun.. I am so excited to bring my kids to skate parties. I am sure they’re going to love the adventure
I bet they will too! My girls had so much fun.
this brings back so many memories. i used to love going skating with my friends. we didnt stop until we were in our late teens. it was always so much fun
Same here! I stopped going around that age as well. I definitely want to keep taking my girls though.
I love roller skating! Back in the day, I used to be a roller rink brat. I was there all the time. I mean ALL the time.
That’s so great to hear! I loved it back in the day as well. I still do to this day!
Believe it or not, I took private lessons as a child but forget it, I can’t skate for the life in me now. It’s so much fun for kids.
That’s neat that you took lessons. I think it’s so much fun! I’m surprised I can still blade well.
What stylish girls! And it looks like they had so much fun. I dont remember the last time I was roller skating but I do know that even as a kid I was never very good at it! haha
Thanks! They sure did have a ton of fun.
My kids love to roller skate. I would love to take them to a place like this where they can have fun all day.
That’s so great to hear! I love when kids love to skate.
What fun! I just realized I haven’t taken my son to a skating rink ever. Yikes. I wonder if we have one close to us. I bet he would have a blast. A place like this is also so much fun for a birthday party!
It is such a blast! I hope you’re able to find one nearby!
This looks like such an awesome skating rink! I think it would be so much fun to take the kiddos here!
It was a lot of fun. I’m so glad we were able to go.