July 4, 2012 - First Skateboarding Lesson

This morning the Baby had his nine month check up.  Wow!  Nine months already?  The doctor is pleased with his progress and doesn't have any concerns.  He doesn't need to go back until his one year check up. 

I'm not sure what this move is called,
but he worked on it for an hour!

The Boy had his first skateboarding lesson today.  It was really hot out and even in the shade we were roasting.  The Baby did remarkably well and I wouldn't have been so hot if I hadn't been yelling at the Girl to stop doing this or that.  The Boy was learning to skate on flat surfaces and how to stop and rock back and forth on the board.  His instructor seemed pretty nice and patient.  While practicing on a small ramp he wiped out and proceeded to quit. There were some other guys there and they came over to encourage him to try again. It was a nice thing to do. They told him that all skateboarders wipe out and it`s OK.  He should keep trying because he can be good at it.  He tried again but was nervous to go back down the hill until the very end, and he held his instructor`s hands.


Hopefully next week it will be a little cooler and he will forget the pain of falling and try again.  I am hopeful that he will learn a little more in private lessons than he would have learned in the class.  The instructor seemed to agree that he could learn more.  I think it is up to the Boy.  He needs to find something that he really likes and that he can learn fairly easily.