fantastic gymnastics

we've had a big week around here.....and its only wednesday!  gesh!

yesterday was the first day of school AND Peach's first day of gymnastics

 i don't know what i was thinking, signing her up for the Tuesday night class with Tuesday being J's and my first day back at work....

clearly I WASN'T thinking

however, we survived.

no, better than that.

i was a little nervous about signing her up for something...anything

the last thing we want is to push, overcommit or rush our littles away from childhood and into "organized activities"

however, the 2012 London Olympics put this girl's passion for gymnastics into FULL swing

she loves to pretend she is Gabby Douglas, winning the gold medal for team USA

and after grandma and grandpa bought her the Dora's Fantastic Gymnastics DVD, well....that pretty much sealed the deal

when we first got to class, i went to walk her in and she squeezed my hand, asking me to go with her.  i froze, thinking, 

"here it comes - clinging to my leg, crying, screaming..."

but when i whispered that i'd be right in the other room, she bravely let go and joined the other girls on the mats

i peeked in on her from time to time and my heart soared as i watched her jump on the trampoline, swing from a rope, walk the balance beam and hang from the bars

i had Tulip with me in the lobby, so I only got this one shot of Peach parading around the gym with her group.

when we left, she was all a dither in the back seat telling me every detail of her hour spent at gymnastics.

upon arriving home, we had to call BOTH sets of grandparents

and when she went to bed, she said, "Momma, my heart is glad that I get to go to gymnastics every day."

tricky chick doesn't quite get the "once a week" concept ;)

for all the times I question my decisions as a parent, this time, I think its safe to say that we did the right thing

and when I went to bed, my heart was glad, too :)