A new gymnastics teacher!!!

Okay so I don't think we are alone here in thinking Grace's current gymnastic teacher (who will remain nameless) kind of, well.... sucks. So they have agreed to see if Grace could move up -- yippee!!! Matt took her early this evening for her gymnastics class - w/ the sucky teacher, but they tested her and said she could move up w/ the bigger girls! Hopefully this will help, b/c Grace is really good - especially since she's not had much direction.... and she LOVES doing it. I've been looking into classes in Indy, no I'm not a stage mom or anything, but as long as she's interested in going I feel obligated to try and facilitate her learning;-)

Grace's Valentine's Party...

Grace has looked forward to Valentine's day all week -- she's wanted to have her party at school, get a "prize" from me, and take her Hanaha Montana cards to all her friends! Last night we worked on cutting out heart shaped rice crispy treats for the girls to take to Brenda's. They turned out soooo cute! And were SOOOO YUMMY! Both girls loved them.

Brenda wrote and said, "Grace said her party was fun. Her top she has on today is adorable. She thought you forgot to bring her hearts today. YES, they were yummy. I gave Eva a half of one and she only picked at it. Really didn't eat it or seem like she wanted it. They had fun passing out their stuff here at me house. Eva had a blast. Grace passed out the cards so Eva was the only one that didn't have anything so I took the stuff I had for all of them and let her pass it out. She thought that was pretty special. She wants to be just like the "big girls". Mollie gave the littler girls (Eva, Grace, Alyssa, Riley and Ella a necklace and bracelet set that had little hearts on it. Eva LOVED it and wanted it on right now."

Breaks my heart to leave her...

Matt's away working the wind storm so I have to take the girls to Brenda's in the morning... and while I LOVE seeing their cute little faces first thing in the morning, it BREAKS my heart to leave Eva at Brenda's crying... ugh! Like pulling it out and stomping on it.

When I left this a.m. Eva was crying, and it was even worse b/c Grace was at Nanni's house so Poppy could take her to school, so no big sis there to comfort her. When I wrote Brenda to check on her she said,

"She is fine. She cried longer yesterday than today. As soon as she saw I was getting her something to eat for breakfast she was fine. She went upstairs with me while I finished getting ready. Breanna is helping them decorate a valentine's bag to put their treats in. Eva is having fun. She has already pooped a nasty one but didn't put her hands in it. Everyone was talking about their clothes and the hearts for valentine's day and she went and got her clothes out of her bag and wanted them on. It was too cute."