The first swim practice of the season was a tough one after having not done any lap swimming for two months Sofia had to get in the pool and swim laps for an hour. She was tired and her stomach hurt but surprisingly it took her only a week of swimming to get right back into the swing of things. Yesterday at practice I timed her fifty meter freestyle and was impressed to see she swam it in 55 seconds. I really don't know what the standard is but that seemed pretty good to me!
Gymnastics started off well for both girls. They both moved up into the intermediate one level class. Unfortunately the Tuesday Intermediate one class was not available so they are in the lower class on Tuesdays. Fortunately both of their coaches know that they should be in a hire class so they push them more than the other girls. They only have a couple things to achieve such as the back bend and handstand to bridge before they can pass into Intermediate Two level. I'm not in any rush for them to change though because it means juggling the schedule around and they are happy with their current instructors. Ali has Sergy again for her Friday class. He loves her and always has good things to say about her abilities. I was happy when Sergy ended up teaching a Friday class since he was not originally on the schedule to teach any girl classes since his schedule was full teaching boys. I had to laugh last Friday though when he commented again on how good Ali was and that she will be a champion and then he followed it by asking me if I had any boys. Apparently he was hoping I would have been breading multiple gymnasts and one that he could teach every session. :) I had to disappoint him though and tell him I only had girls.
Soccer is also going well. I thought for sure this would be the girls last year of soccer since they have never seemed to love it. I was wrong because this year they both love it. Sofia has really picked up the game and gets right in their to take the ball away, defend the goal, or dribble all the way down field to score. She has been practicing her sliding kick and really enjoys playing. Ali enjoys the game and the practice. She gets into the mix much more often this year but isn't quite as aggressive yet as Sofia. When she is given the chance though she does a pretty good job of taking the ball down field.
Piano has been amazing for Sofia. She stumbled a little bit with her practicing when the music didn't come to her with ease but we have worked through it and fortunately I can read music and can help her when she gets stuck. She is already playing Lean On Me and the first four pages of Memory which just seems crazy to me. Her teacher is great with her and pushes her to be better without making it seem like he is pushing her. He sets an expectation and gets her to agree to it without any problem. When we first mentioned that there would be a recital in January I thought Sofia would put her foot down with a strong "NO" but she only hesitated a little bit. When he explained it to her she became excited to perform in front of others and started thinking about who she should invite to the recital. I couldn't believe it!
Next up....Softball. Sofia requested after being at sports camp this summer that she be able to play softball in the spring. We agreed she could play. I found out a couple weeks ago that there were tryouts already for spring softball!! A friend of mine remembered that I had mentioned Sofia's interest and called me to tell me about the tryouts since her daughters were going. We immediately went out and bought Sofia a helmet, ball and glove. Jason took her out back and played catch with her to prepare her for the tryouts since she has never played softball before. She was a little nervous at first for the tryouts but she did great. Her pitching was not the best which upset her but she recovered and did well catching some grounders and pop flies. Now we wait to see if they put her on the 8U or 10U team. Both have there pros and cons so we will see what comes our way for the spring.
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