The school year is winding down...Buggy has his last day of preschool tomorrow with a class picnic on Thursday, and Peanut has just under three weeks of school left now in her kindergarten year. Spring session for swim team ends at the end of this week, and soccer has only one practice/game left a week from Saturday (they took off this Saturday due to Memorial Day).
Right after soccer ends, Buggy will try his hand at t-ball. I think his Daddy is pretty excited - and it's looking like he might end up coaching. Hopefully that will be a lot of fun for them. Then after school gets out for Peanut she's going to try her hand at basketball. There's a two week camp offered at her school so we'll see if it really is 'her thing' like she thinks it's going to be.
Speaking of 'her thing', our little rockstar had another swim meet last weekend - Spring Tune-Up. She did a great job and managed to get best times in all events from diving off the edge of the pool (instead of off the block). 25 backstroke and 25 butterfly were her best times ever - 25 freestyle and 25 breaststroke she's gone a little faster before but only from the blocks. She ended up with two 4th place finishes (back and fly) and two 6th place finishes (free and breast). She had an absolute blast and I am loving watching her swim her heart out and improve tremendously!
Peanut had her dance recital a couple of weekends ago and I continue to be ridiculously impressed by her presence and grace onstage. She carries herself so well and really shines in the spotlight. You can tell she loves it up there. She had considered being done with dance after this year....but then the recital came around and she got a taste of the stage again and now she is reconsidering. We will see - it's a mighty big commitment to make for a mere two minutes in the spotlight once per year. Both from a time and financial standpoint. We'll revisit the possibility of dance class again at the end of the summer.
This was a short update, but it's late and I'm pretty exhausted. Hopefully I can write more next time.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
April 2017
It's been just a few months shy of a year since I last updated, and there have been oh so many changes in our active household!
At the end of last summer, Peanut decided she was officially done with gymnastics so we gave notice and stopped before the school year started. By her last day in the gym, she had climbed up the rope with ease and was starting to climb without using her feet to help her (but only making it about a third of the way up before she needed to start using feet again). She had also been able to perform a pullover on the bars, which is where she would put her chin up to the bar and kick her feet over the other side until her body was over the bar. It was definitely a good decision to stop gymnastics when she did, she was starting to stress out and not enjoy her time in the gym (4 hours per week with the starfires) - that's a good indication that it's time to move on!
The first day of school rolled around and Peanut started Kindergarten in Mrs. Lewis' class. What an amazing fit! She adores school, and is really the top in her class across the board. Her teacher is very sweet and encouraging, and the kids have lots of time to dance, move, and sing between lessons. We are actually really sad to see the school year wrapping up already and are very hopeful she will get another amazing teacher for first grade!
A couple weeks after Peanut started school, buggy started preschool. He is also doing well, but is adjusting to staying in line and following directions. He is awesome with the alphabet - both uppercase and lowercase letters, and is doing pretty well with numbers (he can count to 20 if he takes his time, but routinely makes it to 13 without mistakes). He knows his colors and shapes and knows many of the letter sounds, but is starting to get frustrated when I try to work with him on them.
Throughout the fall, we really just tried to get the kids transitioned into the school year and kept activities to a minimum. Peanut did dance class Monday nights, and Buggy did tennis lessons Monday nights, just down the road from each other. Buggy also took swim lessons on Wednesday mornings while Peanut was in school (he is only in preschool Tuesday and Thursday mornings). Other than that, we stayed home and let them play and get used to the long days at school. Peanut occasionally had private swim lessons when her instructor was visiting from college.
In January, her private swim teacher talked us into starting swim team, and Peanut LOVES that. We typically go 2 to 3 times a week depending on our schedule and she has really enjoyed the swim meets. She even took third place at the 8 and under championship meet for the 6 and under girls division! She's pretty talented and a hard worker. We kept her in level 1 for the winter term due to the timing of practices, but allowed her to move to level 2 for spring term (it ends a half hour earlier than winter term). Level 1's practiced 45 minutes and level 2's practice 1 hour and 15 minutes. Level 2's swim a whole lot more than the level 1's did though.
We are coming up on the last tennis lesson for buggy tomorrow, and a few weeks later will wrap up dance for Peanut. She has decided to be done dancing after the recital. I'm okay with that; she wants to try soccer (both her and buggy just started that yesterday) and basketball (we're signing her up for camp the first few weeks of summer).
Soccer, as I said earlier, began yesterday and it was hilariously adorable. The coach did a great job in handling Buggy, who is the youngest one on the team and wasn't really getting it at first (when they told him to dribble the ball, he tried to dribble like they do in basketball!). By the end of the first scrimmage, he was trying to run after and kick the ball (even if he wasn't staying in his zone all of the time). Peanut did awesome! She scored a goal, and had an awesome assist for her teammate on offense (instead of going for another goal for herself right after the first one). Then she almost had another goal again, but a kid from the other team was standing in the goal (there isn't supposed to be a goalie), and managed to stop the ball with his face (ouch!). It was honestly a great kick, that she was really excited about, but she felt really bad that she hurt the other kid. He sat out for a minute, but came back into the game and played the rest of the time so he ended up being okay.
I think that's about all for now, hopefully I will remember to update this again sooner rather than later!
At the end of last summer, Peanut decided she was officially done with gymnastics so we gave notice and stopped before the school year started. By her last day in the gym, she had climbed up the rope with ease and was starting to climb without using her feet to help her (but only making it about a third of the way up before she needed to start using feet again). She had also been able to perform a pullover on the bars, which is where she would put her chin up to the bar and kick her feet over the other side until her body was over the bar. It was definitely a good decision to stop gymnastics when she did, she was starting to stress out and not enjoy her time in the gym (4 hours per week with the starfires) - that's a good indication that it's time to move on!
The first day of school rolled around and Peanut started Kindergarten in Mrs. Lewis' class. What an amazing fit! She adores school, and is really the top in her class across the board. Her teacher is very sweet and encouraging, and the kids have lots of time to dance, move, and sing between lessons. We are actually really sad to see the school year wrapping up already and are very hopeful she will get another amazing teacher for first grade!
A couple weeks after Peanut started school, buggy started preschool. He is also doing well, but is adjusting to staying in line and following directions. He is awesome with the alphabet - both uppercase and lowercase letters, and is doing pretty well with numbers (he can count to 20 if he takes his time, but routinely makes it to 13 without mistakes). He knows his colors and shapes and knows many of the letter sounds, but is starting to get frustrated when I try to work with him on them.
Throughout the fall, we really just tried to get the kids transitioned into the school year and kept activities to a minimum. Peanut did dance class Monday nights, and Buggy did tennis lessons Monday nights, just down the road from each other. Buggy also took swim lessons on Wednesday mornings while Peanut was in school (he is only in preschool Tuesday and Thursday mornings). Other than that, we stayed home and let them play and get used to the long days at school. Peanut occasionally had private swim lessons when her instructor was visiting from college.
In January, her private swim teacher talked us into starting swim team, and Peanut LOVES that. We typically go 2 to 3 times a week depending on our schedule and she has really enjoyed the swim meets. She even took third place at the 8 and under championship meet for the 6 and under girls division! She's pretty talented and a hard worker. We kept her in level 1 for the winter term due to the timing of practices, but allowed her to move to level 2 for spring term (it ends a half hour earlier than winter term). Level 1's practiced 45 minutes and level 2's practice 1 hour and 15 minutes. Level 2's swim a whole lot more than the level 1's did though.
We are coming up on the last tennis lesson for buggy tomorrow, and a few weeks later will wrap up dance for Peanut. She has decided to be done dancing after the recital. I'm okay with that; she wants to try soccer (both her and buggy just started that yesterday) and basketball (we're signing her up for camp the first few weeks of summer).
Soccer, as I said earlier, began yesterday and it was hilariously adorable. The coach did a great job in handling Buggy, who is the youngest one on the team and wasn't really getting it at first (when they told him to dribble the ball, he tried to dribble like they do in basketball!). By the end of the first scrimmage, he was trying to run after and kick the ball (even if he wasn't staying in his zone all of the time). Peanut did awesome! She scored a goal, and had an awesome assist for her teammate on offense (instead of going for another goal for herself right after the first one). Then she almost had another goal again, but a kid from the other team was standing in the goal (there isn't supposed to be a goalie), and managed to stop the ball with his face (ouch!). It was honestly a great kick, that she was really excited about, but she felt really bad that she hurt the other kid. He sat out for a minute, but came back into the game and played the rest of the time so he ended up being okay.
I think that's about all for now, hopefully I will remember to update this again sooner rather than later!
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