I know what you want is more political talk
But I’m not giving in!
Not now, anyway. Although after seeing the insanity that is the comment threads on my political rant compared to the measily six comments on my follow up “everything else” post, I’m beginning to really reconsider the direction of this blog! LOL Maybe I SHOULD talk politics. It’s only 2 months until the election and, good bad or indifferent we’ll all have to accept the outcome after that. Apparently political rants are what people want to read and talk about right now. I’m thinking about it.
But no, this post isn’t about politics. It’s about gymnastics. Ok, stop rolling your eyes. I know you are sick to death of hearing about the dumb gymnastics drama in our household. Me too.
This morning it did not go well. It doesn’t seem to matter how excited she is all week or how much she looks forward to it or how she walks around and gives fives and says hi to each coach before class or how happy she is about it….the minute the door opens she freaks out and does not want to go in. This time, much to my relief, Tony just walked away and took her home. I don’t know what changed. I don’t know if it was because of the cryer, or because of my first trip away from her which fell on the heels of Tony’s trip away from her immediately before that. Or both. Or neither. I guess ultimately it doesn’t matter because we can’t fix any of those things now. So we are done.
Well, not quite. Tony is going to take her back into parent-toddler class. I was never all that confortable with her joining the Big Kid Class in the first place. Technically she is still not even old enough for her “all by myself” class so it is totally appropriate for her to be in the parent-toddler class. Our gym has these classes until 2.5 and allows parents to continue on beyond that if they feel appropriate. Another local gym has classes with parents until age 3. So that gives her time to mature or snap out of it or whatever without sacrificing the class she loves so much. Tony’s looking forward to taking the class with her again - he misses not going in with her. So it’s a win-win, as far as I can tell.
Meanwhile she’s going to be starting dance somewhere entirely different and I think it will be interesting to see how she reacts. Generally speaking, as most of you who have met her can attest, she’s VERY outgoing, she connects with other kids and adults really fast and really looks forward to things like this. She has NEVER had issues in gymnastics for the year she went and so it is way WAY out of character for her to be so upset. If she freaks out at dance too I’ll assume its just an age thing. I guess we’ll see!
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
sounds like a step in the right direction to me
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Aww Sweet Addy is going to dance
How cute!!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Wow - how crazy that she suddenly freaks out, and only when it’s time to go in the class - it’d been so fun hearing the stories of how well she was doing! Sounds like you’re headed in the perfect direction, take a step back and hopefully she’ll be loving it again. Can’t wait to hear about dance class too!
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I always kind of wondered if it was the cryer that caused it, but who knows. I think you did a good thing not to push her to continue. I’m curious to see how she reacts to dance class. I’m sure you’ll get lots of pictures- she’ll be so cute!
By not continuing the political discussion, I’m going to take that as a sign you’re having second thoughts and changing your mind. You have now come over to the dark side. McCain/Palin 2008. I’ll send matching bumper stickers for you and Tony. No need to thank me.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
To the rest of the blogging world, 6 comments may not be that measly. Come one Nicki, don’t be selfish! haha
Sorry about gymnastics….but I agree with what Laurie said, you guys are probably more heart-broken about it than she is. Dance is a much better thing in the long run anyway…it’s one of those things that always poses such stress for older kids. Dancing is a better “skill” for a high schooler to have.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
51 comments, holy moly! Gee, maybe I’ll rethink the no political blogging thing too! LOL.
R is just about to start gymnastics and I’m just hoping it goes well … after Zeeb’s broken foot this summer, I’m a little nervous!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I think that sounds like a good idea. Give her a little more assurance that she still has you guys there for her until she feels comfortable again.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
awww, I hate that she’s still so upset about gymnastics. don’t you hate it when you just want to help them but they can’t articulate the root of their angst? I’m glad Tony just walked out with her instead of making her endure what was obviously troubling to her. Good Daddy!
I bet she’ll love dance. She seems like such a free little spirit that I bet dance will be a great way for her to just be herself.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Dance sounds like so much fun! Hope the parent class heals whatever is bugging her about the gym.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Oh yeah, the controversial posts always get the old comments rolling in, don’t they?!
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Way to go, Tony! I hope she does better with the change. Sounds stressful
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
It is so surprising that she has gotten so stressed by her gym class all of the sudden. Poor baby but I think going back to the parent/toddler class is the perfect thing to do. I hope she loves dance. I started at a really young age and always loved it.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Addy and Daddy are going to have so much fun being in the class together again. She’s going to love it. I can’t wait to start Petunia in dance class. Unfortunately, there’s no place close by that accepts children under the age of three, so we have one more year of waiting. Can’t wait to hear how Addison feels about her dance class.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
I hope she loves her new class! Hopefully it’ll just what she needs and she’ll have a ball.