I am so glad I signed up for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. What a great organization. Khalia and I had our second "playdate" tonight, and we had a blast. We started off with ice skating at one of the park district rinks. Her reaction was hilarious; she thought I was taking her rollerskating. She'd never been ice skating before and was scared to death. She is like a little old lady! She clung to the side for a while, then got brave enough to let go as long as she held my hand, and finally did it on her own. She was still having trouble when we left, but she only fell once, and afterwards said she thought it was fun. One thing that made it really nice was that there were only three other people there. Then they left, and we had the whole rink to ourselves for a while. How fun!
After we turned in our skates, Khalia wanted to swing at the playground for a few minutes. We tried to see who could swing higher, but the little old lady kicked in, and she thought I was swinging too high and was going to fall off. But we were both cracking up. When we walked by the batting cages, I told her we should go as soon as they open in the spring, but she is very concerned about getting hit with the ball. :) Then I made a joke about taking her skiing (to watch her freak out), but she didn't know what skiing is. Sometimes I forget how small her world is.
Then we went to a diner called Huck Finn's. Mainly we went because it was cheap and close to the park, but I saw that they were well known for both donuts and ice cream, so I was intrigued. I'm so glad we went! Our dinner was all right, but then we ordered dessert. I just had a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream, but Khalia ordered a donut with ice cream on top. And both the donut and ice cream were delicious.
I'm so excited to see where this relationship goes. Things were already much better than our first playdate where she was so quiet. I'm still thinking about what our next outing will be, but in February we're going to see the Hannah Montana 3-D movie. Anyway, I really think this is a great program, and I am going to start recruiting my friends.
After we turned in our skates, Khalia wanted to swing at the playground for a few minutes. We tried to see who could swing higher, but the little old lady kicked in, and she thought I was swinging too high and was going to fall off. But we were both cracking up. When we walked by the batting cages, I told her we should go as soon as they open in the spring, but she is very concerned about getting hit with the ball. :) Then I made a joke about taking her skiing (to watch her freak out), but she didn't know what skiing is. Sometimes I forget how small her world is.
Then we went to a diner called Huck Finn's. Mainly we went because it was cheap and close to the park, but I saw that they were well known for both donuts and ice cream, so I was intrigued. I'm so glad we went! Our dinner was all right, but then we ordered dessert. I just had a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream, but Khalia ordered a donut with ice cream on top. And both the donut and ice cream were delicious.
I'm so excited to see where this relationship goes. Things were already much better than our first playdate where she was so quiet. I'm still thinking about what our next outing will be, but in February we're going to see the Hannah Montana 3-D movie. Anyway, I really think this is a great program, and I am going to start recruiting my friends.
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