Gymnastics and snowboarding

Connors gymnastic teacher thought he was doing really well for his age, so she had the competitive gymnastics teacher come and take a look at him, and they gave him an invitation to join the boys competitive gymnastics class for 4 to 6 year olds. Connor is 4, so I was a proud mom! If he doesn't like it, though, we'll put him back in the class that he loves. He also did so well snowboarding last time we went! I thought I'd have to keep only one foot strapped in so I could help him up, but I ended up having to strap both my feet in because I couldn't keep up with only one foot strapped in. His teacher said that he has more muscle than most kids his age, so the gymnastics and snowboarding must be complimenting eachother well!

St. Patricks Day

St. Patricks Day is so fun when you have kids in school. Josh made a leprechaun trap for his class. He was very conscientious (sp?) about making sure the ladder leading up to the trap was small enough for the leprechaun to jump from rung to rung, then we had to make tiny little steps so he could get up to the pot of gold (Chuck E. Cheeses tokens) at the end of the rainbow, and he made sure to hide the thumb tack and string behind the wood pole so that the leprechaun couldn't see it and know it was a trap. I will have to post a picture of it. It was cute. So the kids set up their traps all over the classroom, then went on a leprechaun hunt. When they got back 4 leprechauns had been in their classroom! There were green leprechaun footprints (they got into the paint, I guess) all over the floor and the desks. And they left chocolate gold coins and jelly beans for the kids. But none of the traps caught them, they were too sneaky and fast. Josh was looking forward to this for weeks and made us take his trap to school early. Connor was in Scotland for St. Patricks Day, but his class made wands with rainbow streamers, then went on a leprechaun hunt. While they were gone, one of the teachers was throwing chairs and papers around, like the leprechaun had come in and made a huge mess. Just so cute! I would love to get into each one of the kids heads and see exactly where their imaginations are taking them. So fun!

I think all kids do it at least once.

Josh ran into our bedroom yesterday and told me that Connor and Kaytlynn were cutting their hair. So I ran to the bathroom, and found this:




Now they look like this:

My little dancer

Kaytlynn has been copying the cheerleaders and gymnasts at Connors gymnastics class for awhile now. She copied a figure skater on tv. And she copies me at my kickboxing class. She is really good at seeing other people do things and copying it. So I decided it was time for dance classes. I asked her if she wanted to do dance class and she said yes, that would be fun. The day before I signed her up I asked again and she said "NO!!" so we just did a trial class on Wednesday. I didn't know if she would really like it and do great, or if she would be a little bum and cry and scream and not let me go, so it was a nice surprise when she went right in and did all the dance moves as well as the girls who have been in class for awhile. She really liked it and is excited to go again. She's really growing up!

Connor likes snowboarding better than skiing.

Connor had his first snowboarding lesson up at Brighton. His little snowboard was so cute! We have got to find one to buy somewhere. He seemed to do well. He fell a lot, just like every normal human learning to snowboard, but he took it like a champ. His teacher liked him because he didn't whine, he just kept saying "I want to do it myself." I thought he'd conk out on the way home, but he was up all day. I think the tired hit him last night, though. He was whining and crying a lot. I asked him if he liked skiing or snowboarding better (I really, really was not trying to push him towards liking snowboarding better, I swear!) and he said he liked snowboarding. So until next time, here's some videos and pictures! And by the way, I'm so proud!!

But I still like you.

Connor told me "Mom, sometimes at night your breath really steents (stinks). But I still like you. I just turn away lite this..." as he turns his head. Well, maybe if you would sleep in your own bed..........Little punk!

There is no greater compliment than one that is given about your child

I've been getting compliments on my kids lately and it feels so good. We got the basketball compliment to Josh at McDonalds. I had a lady tell me at kickboxing that Kaytlynn was soooo cute, that she just had the perfect little face. Then I had a lady that helps out in Josh's class tell me that he was just so cute. She said she goes home to her husband and tells him about how cute Josh is, that she just wants to take him home with his cute little personality and his freckles. The best compliments you can get are the ones about your kids. Compliments about me are nice, too, but just don't quite compare!