Gymnastics

There's not much more entertaining than watching a bunch of 3-6 year olds doing (or trying to do) gymnastics. I signed Kara up for a class and between parents, younger siblings and bossy or out of control classmates, I'm wondering if it was worth it. Kara seems to enjoy it though-most of the time.

Here is where I vent...Parents and younger siblings- there are a few parents in the class who let their younger children run wild. They get in the way of the kids in the class and are generally destructive and out of control. For example, one little boy, probably about 2 yrs old, one day was sitting at his mother's feet while she talked to another mother. I looked over and saw him with a syringe and a bottle of insulin, trying to give himself a shot. I looked at the mom- clueless. "Excuse me, excuse me- your little boy..." Yikes. The same little boy ran outside into the snow, barefoot yesterday and his mom had no idea. I had to let him back in the building. Twice. I'm beginning to feel like a babysitter.

Kara has improved quite a bit though, over her first day. It's kind of fun to see her learning to do a cartwheel and walk backward on the balance beam.

Kaylee came to watch this week (home sick from school) and she was amazed at some of the things Kara was doing. Kaylee said she would be scared to go over backward. Yay for Kara!!