Saturday morning workouts and dance, is she up to it?

Last night was the Christmas dinner for the Gymnastika students.  It was so very nice, with great food, good company and great entertainment.  The Gymnastika girls performed Christmas dance routines and they all did such a wonderful job!  Emily seems to be fitting in rather well.  The atmosphere seems much more relaxed, something that I in particular needed. 

Our prayers go out to the DeYoung family.

When we were at a large gymnastics facility with more families/team members it seems that there's always someone talking smack about someone else and the rumor mill runs rampant.  There's always someone vying for top placement of their child. (The kid needs to do the work, girls. It ain't your ride.)   My kid wants to do this and it really helps keep her in check, that's the only reason why I pay for it, not to try to gain some upper-societal standing.  I could care less about things of that nature.  I can spot a manipulator at 25 paces, and those that wish to throw the fecal matter at the fan, soon realize that I possess a bigger fan and can cover a wider area with far less effort, so please don't ever threaten me, you'll just never know what side of the table I might be on when next we meet.   My most favorite movie quote of all time comes from the movie Fried Green Tomatoes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101921/quotes?qt=qt0443462  "Face it girls, I am older and have more insurance."


This morning, Emily balked at getting up and going. She wanted to stay home and sleep.  I think it's the transition to early morning practices.  So, I made her get up and go anyway.  In the car, on the way to the gym we stopped at McD's for breakfast.  As soon as she got a an Egg McMuffin into her, Emily started to look forward to getting in the gym.  By the time we got there she was jumping out of the car to run into class.  I sat there for a short while drinking my steaming hot McD coffee to watch  Emily's first dance class.  She's with the "big girls" now, and is picking up the choreography very quickly.  I sat back and watched for about 1/2 an hour,  now it's time for me to get crackin' on finishing up Christmas, so I'd better get a move on.

2:00 pm 
Well, must have been a good day.  By the time we got home, Emily was fast asleep in the back seat.  This just might work out rather well!  She's TIRED.  This kid's NEVER TIRED.   Maybe I can finally get her internal clock set to a more normalized time.

Today Emily was with the Level 7's and worked with both Alexei and Gay.  She worked on her front-hand-spring front-tuck, one handed back walkover, standing-front-handspring-stepout and her dance routine. So far it's been a good day...