Lake Harriet night at the Rollergarden five days after Helena’s birthday party there.

Ada never lets go of my hands when we skate. Tonight I brought her over to the side of the rink where there is a little triangular floor and while she was looking onto the rink, I backed up to about six feet away and told her to skate to me. Last time we did this (in the fall) she refused. But she skated right over. Then I went to the other side and she came to me again. Then she just started moving around. Then she starts heading for the main rink so I go over to her and put my hand out for her and she says that she’ll try by herself. Pretty good. It seemed like it was from a novel on growing up the way she just said, “Nope, I can do this now”.

From that point forward, she mostly skated by herself with a nice big smile.

The only photos I have of the night are three that I took while we were eating just after we arrived. I like the one of Helena, though.