So Wednesday was, as usual, a day off school (remember! It's a four-day school week here in France...) and we finally launched in the girls' extra-curricular activities. I did write about the difficulty we were having in choosing which activities to sign up for, but the dust has settled and, despite some doubtless rookie mistakes, we have ended up with climbing for Anna and Indie on Wednesday mornings while Zoe does her 'taster' course of three different activities (skating, climbing, tennis), then it's Anna and Indie's turn in the afternoon for the 'tasters' (for them it's Velo tout terrain - that's mountain biking to us anglos -, hiking and ski jumping) while Zoe does an hour of tennis.
I don't know about the girls, but Toby and I were exhausted by the end of day, just from all the ferrying around. But the girls had a lot of fun. The climbing club for the older girls in the morning is great, and they loved it. Although they are going to have to learn to be more assertive, as Anna complained that the other girls kept pushing her off the wall. (It's very competitive here, as you can see...). I told her to push back, and when she said, 'but you told me I shouldn't do something mean back to someone just because they do something mean to me'. Yessss, I did - I DO - say that, but maybe this is one of those 'life lessons' that isn't always consistent, that sometimes it's OK to push back. I'll be thinking more about this one this year as the girls struggle to hold their own against more aggressive kids.
Indie was trooper with her 2 1/2 hours of mountain biking (and she was in with what looked like professionals, the other kids were so well kitted out, bike gloves and go-faster-glasses and everything) and Anna LOVED her ski jumping. If I can, I'll try to post the video Toby made of her - they go really fast, and with the proper form and everything! She's keen to do more, but honestly, I don't think this is really a sport we're going to encourage her to take up.
Zoe embraced her tennis lesson with her usual enthusiasm ('That was SO MUCH FUN. I loved it SO MUCH', a la Zoe) and once she actually figures out what the teacher is telling her, I think she'll enjoy it even more.
So now it's swimming on Friday afternoons, then tennis for Anna and Indie on Saturday mornings. Oh, and circus skills for Anna on Thursday afternoons. But that's it!
Until ski season starts, that is...
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