The calendar slipped quietly into September and just like that, it seems that summer is over. How can that be?? Miss M and I did sneak off to the pool and left our patient [Rick] at home napping on Sunday. As you can see, I had to get a couple of pics of the last outdoor swimming event of the year! It was a fairly warm day, but it seems the heaters had been turned off the week before. The water in the pool was SO COLD!! Of course, it didn't bother Maddy much, but I was freezing!!
So now that the summer of 08 has passed, it's time to look ahead to the new activities starting up this week. I don't want over-schedule her, so have only a couple things planned. I don't think two is too many, do you? On Thursday evenings, Maddy is taking a dance/cheer class. A friend will be in it with her. Maddy likes to dance or jump around I call it (and she makes fun of my car-dancing - what's with that anyway?), so I think she'll like it, especially with her friend there. My hope is that it is fun and helps give her confidence a little boost.
So now that the summer of 08 has passed, it's time to look ahead to the new activities starting up this week. I don't want over-schedule her, so have only a couple things planned. I don't think two is too many, do you? On Thursday evenings, Maddy is taking a dance/cheer class. A friend will be in it with her. Maddy likes to dance or jump around I call it (and she makes fun of my car-dancing - what's with that anyway?), so I think she'll like it, especially with her friend there. My hope is that it is fun and helps give her confidence a little boost.
And on Saturdays, she starts a little theatre class called "The Teddy Bear Theatre." I'm sure the BIG question will be -- which Teddy Bear or other stuffed animal gets to attend class with her? I'm hoping this will also boost her confidence and perhaps help her to learn to speak louder. She is the opposite of those kids that need to be reminded to use an indoor voice!
Last December, we saw Madeline's Christmas at the playhouse and she immediately wanted to be up on stage too -- which was pretty shocking considering that she's a bit quiet and shy. Otherwise, I would have never thought of signing her up for a theatre class. We've gone to some other kids performances and they are so much fun! Yikes -- bad me -- I don't think I ever took the boys to any events at the playhouse when they were young. Oh well, it doesn't seem to have scarred them too terribly. We Moms just do the best we can, don't we!
