Great pictures! Great job Skyler! And that Reed is as cute as they get! I could never stand up on ice skates, but was fairly good on roller skates. We siblings did a lot of sleding, and even talked our mother into joining us a few times. :-) Our 'hills' were the railroad tracks and the ramps at the grain elevators. I'd say that is a pretty proud grandfather....:-), but I am sure he can not compete with grandmother.

We have used the little rubber-backed wooden "furniture coasters" (package of 4 is about $5 at Home Depot or Walmart) with no problems on our prefinished wood floors. The flooring store also carried them but they wanted a ridiculous amount for them. We found the cork ones slid almost as much as the bare furniture legs.

I will be no help whatsoever but I must tell my story... I wanted a very subtle pattern on my bedroom wall...I love Spring so I picked out a nice fresh looking green & yellow. My DH painted it and it came out looking kinda cottagey but the colors were not pale enough(my fault). I finally decided that it looked like a clown had been attacked in my bedroom. I did live with it for a long time... Now the small bedroom is BM urban nature, a very relaxing green.

Wheelies and Heelies are NOTHING like skates. I have skated all my life both roller and ice and the point of balance is entirely off on Heelies. Nothing like Roller, ice or inlines. Roller blades (inlines) and ice --almost the same. Quads - Entirely different from roller blades and ice. Wonder that I ever survived my childhood. Speed Club- no helmets, no padding ,no wrist guards. Bare skin and short skirts for artistic - floor burns were a badge of honor. Water on the knee? Get some ice on it, see doctor in a day or 2 who might drain it, slap on an ace bandage and go back to practice.