Faith actually got out of bed yesterday and said, “Today’s a big day – a field trip and my test to see if I can move up in gymnastics.” Faith is a very determined little girl, when she wants to be. If she wants to accomplish something she will try and try and try until she gets it right. She did that with roller skating and she did it again with gymnastics. She realized a week ago that if she could get her ‘bridge kick over’ then she would be able to move up to the next level in gymnastics. She practiced everyday for a week. By the time she went to class she had it down pat. At the end of class her instructor came over and told me that they wanted to invite Faith to join the Level 1 Pre-Team. It would meet twice a week for an hour and half. I had no idea that she was going to jump ahead two classes. She and I were both very exited and proud. We are now trying to determine if that is the right move or not for Faith. Faith wants to try it so I think we are going to let her. If it gets too daunting then she can always go back down a level.
Right after gymnastics we headed over to the soccer field for Wilson’s game. He has come a long way in the last year. He is an aggressive player and has some skill. The big play of the night was wilson getting his first soccer goal. He was so excited, as were we all.
In honor of Faith and Wilson’s successes, we went to get ice cream at 7:00pm. This was dinner. I may be super rigid about the food I bring into the house, but I am not afraid to feed my kids ice cream for dinner. Way to go Faith and Wilson!