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Last weekend when it was raining and gloomy outside, Zach had the idea to take Taylor roller skating. Zach and I both really like to skate and we thought it would be fun to try and get Taylor out on wheels, so off we went to our local roller rink. When I was growing up, I spent many hours at the Golden Skate in San Ramon and it was really a blast from the past to go back there. Shockingly, almost NOTHING has changed there. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they still have the original carpet! They actually had skates in Taylor’s size, so we rented her a pair and the three of us headed out onto the rink. We just did a short few loops around with us basically holding her up the entire time. Taylor wasn’t as keen on the idea of skating as we were. I think part of the problem is that the skates are so heavy! Each skate probably weighed as much as one of her legs. Well, live and learn. Maybe in a couple of years she’ll be ready.
T.J. has started doing puzzles lately and she’s getting pretty good at them. It was a really interesting experience to try teaching her how to do them because in the beginning she struggled so much and then little by little she got better and better. Usually trying to teach her things is much slower – it took her so many months to learn how to walk and talk, but with the puzzles I could watch her improve over the course of a few days. It’s very exciting to watch her figure things out, especially now that she can talk. I can actually listen to her reason through a problem – amazing!!