Another Wednesday survived

(Anna and Zoe, waiting for the circus performance last week-end)

It seems that this blog is being rather dominated by accounts of the girls' activities... and that's probably an accurate reflection of our life here, which feels rather dominated by the girls' activities. Still, I do think there is a certain thrill as a parent when you feel like you've signed your child up for a really, really good activity with a really, really nice teacher and your kid really, really loves it. So with that lead in... yesterday was the first session for Anna's circus skills class, and (you saw it coming) she absolutely loved it. She has a very nice, very CALM teacher (an approach I'm valuing more and more in this rather more 'shout-y' culture of coaching kids) and Anna is already walking on stilts and standing up on and rolling a big ball around. And she was doing some pretty impressive diabolo when we arrived to pick her up. She loved it so much that we asked if Indie could do the class too, although she's not yet 7 (the minimum age). They've agreed to let her try it next week to see if she's strong enough (and wants to enough), so we're hopeful.

So this past Wednesday was skating for Zoe, climbing for the other two, then Indra did saute a ski and Anna did VTT while Zoe did tennis. It was an interesting logistical transport nightmare because Toby was only arriving back in the afternoon from Canada, but a very nice friend helped out with some of the drop-offs and pick-ups. Saute a ski was not quite as successful for Indra as it was for Anna - she just couldn't stop herself from going limp and snowplowing and so fell on her bum every time. While it was quite frustrating to watch her do it again and again, while the other little kids quickly mastered it and moved onto the big jump, I have to give her credit for her determination and persistence - she went back up again and again. (And fell down again and again...). But again, I guess a life lesson of some sort. If mainly for me, to keep my mouth shut when I'm trying to be 'encouraging' - Indie eventually had to tell me to be quiet, because all my 'encouragements' and coaching weren't helping. Fair enough. I kept quiet after that.

 Anna and Indie hustle in tennis. What a location!

 Zoe (second from left) getting ready to go skating.

Indie, walking up the hill at saute a ski.

I tried, unsuccessfully, to include a short video of Indie's best attempt, but no go. I'll try again later maybe, if only you can see the steepness of the slope! And that was the baby hill... no wonder Indie was a bit nervous.