Mega Gymnastics

Emily's class at Gymboree moved to a new location in North Little Rock, Mega Gymnastics. Gymboree closed it's doors at the end of February. It was sad to see, we had been attending classes there for a couple of years, and when Brian was little I would go to free play with Jenna occasionally.

A few friends did not make the move to the new location, and the drive to North Little Rock is a long one. It helps that we are carpooling, and I am glad for Emily that she has the same teachers, and friends, those things make the transition easier. It is also fun because they have a big gym, and the kids get to play there sometimes. Also on Thursdays after school there is a gymnastics class. I get half-price so Emily stays for that. I figure it is a great opportunity for Emily to continue to improve her skills. I know she is tired from all the activities by the end of the week.

Creativity

Brian made this picture in Art Class with Mrs. Manning. The assignment was just to color each horse. I love how each horse is a different color, but it gets better...they all have names, check this out.

From left to right, top row: Dark & Stormy Night Dragon, Fire Breathing Dragon, Lava Breathing Dragon, bottom row: The Water Breathing Dragon, Invisible Dragon, The Changing Dragon. He told me their names on the way home, and then later on told Eddie all their names too. I really think this is so creative.

Level 1--Check

Emily has been in the Tiny Tumblers II class at River City Gymnastics since the middle of January. We go to class on Monday mornings for an hour. She loves to hang like a monkey, jump like a kangaroo, slide like a seal, and is never out of motion. When I do her hair in the morning I have to say, "stand as still a a tree" and even that does not keep this girl from moving.

It only took her two months to complete all the requirements for level 1. She completed her chart with gold stars, got this certificate. and a picture with her coach. I am so proud of her.

Here is Emily with one of her coaches, Mary Beth. Coach Nick was sick the day they took the picture.

She is now working on her level 2 requirements, and is doing great, she may get it all done by next month.

March 17, 2010

I may or may not have dressed my children like this for St. Patrick's Day

I totally forgot that it was St. Patrick's day today when I woke up and helped Brian get ready for school. He picked out his clothes, and I can tell you it was not green. Then I got the baby dressed, her clothes had a little green in them, but not on purpose. Emily picked out her own clothes, and only by accident was her skirt green. I forgot to wear my green shirt. I took Emily to school and headed to the office. I shortly remembered that is was St. Patrick's Day, and was sad that I forgot to wear green. It wasn't until I picked Brian up from school that I realized the full impact of missing this important green day. He was so sad that he had not worn his perfectly green bug shirt. All the other kids had worn their green shirts. Mrs. Halter had given him a shamrock sticker to try to help.

Does it count if I dressed them in green on March 18th?

A Loose Tooth

I could echo this post by my friend Lara about how it feels when your baby suddenly becomes a boy. It didn't just happen overnight, it didn't happen this morning when Brian discovered that his first tooth was loose. But really how did this happen?

Busy Saturday and Mental Health Sunday

Here was yesterdays schedule which I hope will justify why I am sitting here in my recliner blogging, instead of being at church.

7:00am Get up, clean kitchen

8:45am Shower

9:30am Make up, make up Gymnastics class, Eddie and Brian went to the shooting range

10:30am Head to Duck Duck Goose Consignment sale to buy hair bows

11:30am Go downtown to pick up milk

12:00pm Lunch

12:30-2:30pm Cook casserole for baby shower, and make 7-layer dip

3:00pm Baby Shower

3:45pm Meet Jenna to go to Rhea Lana Consignment sale

4:30-7:30pm Shopping

8:00pm Meet Eddie and the kids for the Picasso's PTA Sale

9:00pm Go home and collapse in bed

This was Brian's class project for display at the Picasso Art Sale at the PTA's annual fundraiser.

Plus daylight savings time started today, so I lost an hour and could just not justify dragging sleeping kids out of bed...ya know what they say about letting sleeping dogs lie. Also, maybe subconsciously, it would have been Danielle's first day of nursery, and I am just not ready for that.

Another Milestone

My baby is 18 months today.

She is now old enough to go to nursery at church on Sunday. But I don't want her to go. She still only has a few words; mama, dada, utoh, mine, no, hi, Brian, and doggy. She will sign bath, water, milk, more, please, cold and hot. She is really not sure how to play, and sometimes her siblings model the wrong behavior, so she seems like she is a little bully. She pushes the big kids and then they laugh and she does it more. I think we need to teach her how to play better with others, especially when they are her own age. She wants to be just like her older siblings--copies what they do, tries to be a gymnast like Emily, and idolizes her big brother, I hope their special bond continues for a lifetime.