'Tis the season for lessons

Yikes, is it September already?? This morning, we brought Claire back to the pool to start a whole new set of swimming lessons. We took a bit of break from her activities this past summer since we put our home on the market (which sadly still hasn't sold). But now that Fall is upon us, it's time to revisit all those fun activities and lessons.

From September '07 to June '08, we had Claire in ballet. In the Fall last year and Spring this year, she also had swimming lessons. In Winter last year, she had some intro lessons in skating which she loved.

This time around, we're having her in all three activities -- ballet, swimming and skating -- at the same time. Oh and voice/choir starting the last Saturday of September. LOL! Ok before I start to sound like the obnoxious overachieving [insert activity here] mama, I have my reasons why I'm doing this.

First, if you met my child, you'll know that she's quite the jumping jellybean. That kid has soooooo much energy, even if she hasn't had any sugar! She also quite "Type A", competitive, and a bit of a perfectionist. So all these lessons should be good for her. I didn't realize how much of a perfectionist she was until she learned to tie her shoelaces last month. Vince showed her once how to do it, and for days, she was determined to learn and tie her laces all by herself. She's quite proud (and so am I) that she can do this task all by herself, which is a very very big thing in a four year old's life. LOL!

Secondly and more importantly, the past few months with no activities, Claire was driving me nuts on the weekends and after school. All she wanted to do was play the Wii (mostly Raving Rabbids -- which was fun yet ummm..mindless!) or watch tv. She was starting to be bored. She did however, discover her love for musicals by playing our Sound of Music DVD. Let's just say we've played that DVD over 100 times and she's memorized every song in the movie. She's a 4 year old Julie Andrews, I tell ya! Good thing Vince and I love that movie too. hahahahaha.

Anyways, next week we start skating twice a week after preschool which already runs all day. Then ballet every Saturday morning. Sunday mornings are swimming. Just thinking about this crazy schedule is making me dizzy. LOL! Today, we bought her new tights, ballet slippers and her very first pair of ice skates. And while Claire is very excited, I think my credit card just hurt a little bit more. Eek! Seriously though, it is all good :)

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[kelli]

Ack! I must need lessons too...I could play Raving Rabbids all day too. I'm waiting for the Wii Fit Raving Rabbids game!