Today is the quiet before the storm, so to speak. This afternoon Kindra has a basketball game at 330, but tomorrow all the craziness surrounding dance recital starts. I will be so relieved when this recital is over, I don't think either girl will end up doing dance next year. Anna has been thinking about doing ballet here in Rhinelander, but now that she's enjoying gymnastics so much, I think she'll prefer to stick with gymnastics and soccer from now on. In another couple of years, she'll be able to join the competitive soccer teams through the Rhinelander Soccer Club, and that will have her traveling to play other teams in the area.
Last night Anna had gymnastics class. First they all did some stretching and floor work. While they were doing that, I noticed the three instructors pointing at Anna and whispering amongst themselves. Then they divided the 10 children into three groups, and it appeared that they broke them into groups based on skill level. Well Anna was put in a group with 3 older girls who do a really good job in class. The three groups rotated through three stations, and at each station the instructors would mark on a paper for each child, making note of which skills each one had mastered. I hadn't watched Anna practice for a few weeks, and I was amazed at the things she was able to do! At the end of practice one of the instructors came up to me and said that Anna's skills are very strong, and that she's ready to move to the Level 3 class for the summer session. I was so surprised, since this was Anna's first time doing gymnastics, and since she seems to be one of the youngest in her Level 1 class. She is truly gifted athletically, and gymnastics seems to be a perfect fit for her. It's a strange and wonderful feeling watching your child excel at something, especially something I've never had a gift for doing. Of course people always have to ask, where did Anna get this athletic talent? I always have to answer, it's a gift from God, and that's the truth.
Well, I might not be able to write again until next week. Tomorrow we have dress rehearsal right after school until around 7PM, and Mom and Allen will be here tomorrow evening. Friday we are leaving for Merrill right after school, and staying in a hotel there until Sunday. Monday night Anna has her first soccer game, Tuesday night she has her last gymnastics class for this session. The next few weeks will be a transition from school year activities to summer activities. Both girls are signing up for swim lessons this summer, and they are thinking about doing some summer sports camps which are only 4 days long. They have one for Anna's age that's flag football, and there are volleyball and basketball ones for Kindra's age group.
We have put all our vacation plans on hold for this summer due to lack of money! With gas costing $3.04 here, and then looking at taking a trip to South Dakota...well we'd have to stay in a hotel room every night (two rooms probably), and then pay for 3 meals each day. The cost is just too prohibitive for us to do that this year. We might take some weekend trips, we live in a beautiful area of the country and there are a lot of places within a few hours of us that would be nice to visit. Our plan is to get some land sold, get the construction going as soon as possible. With the money we get for the land, we hope to pay down our mortgage and pay off our cars. In September we are going to spend a weekend in Minneapolis and attend a big RV show. By then we should have a better idea of what we can spend on an RV, and have some funds available to purchase one. Then next summer we can travel and not have to worry so much about hotel rooms!
More later!
Rebecca
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