Well she "graduated" 4th grade with all A's and one B. She got high marks for everything as usual. I wish I would have been able to do that as easily.
Ericka has been out of school now for a week and so far she seems to be happy. She has been spending a lot of time reading and of course skating. She has already read 3 books, I need to take her to the library so she can do the summer reading program. She has been participating in those for two years. We have a good time going to the library and finding fun books to read. She loves to read to Nate and it's one of the few times they are together without bickering. I have tried to only allow a little TV time each day. I don't want her just sitting around doing nothing.
We are getting closer to our trip to Omaha. I am really looking forward to spending some mom and daughter time. She is really excited but the closer it gets the more nervous she seems. It's understandable, knowing that she will be skating in front of all those new people. I think she will do good. The coach has been timing her laps at practice. She is averaging about 11.38 seconds per lap. Her best time for a 5 lap race is 58 seconds. The national record for her division in a 5 lap race is 50 seconds, and that record has stood for 9 years. We have told her that if she doesn't place thats okay as long as she has fun while she is there. She gets to meet the world team and Derrick Parra (olympic champion) so she thinks that is "cool" she even gets her picture taken with them if she wants. They are having a big party for all the skaters with a dance off and tons of other fun stuff. The car trip will probably be long and draining. She already has a list of things she is taking to keep her busy. Ericka loves to travel so I am keeping my fingers crossed that she won't ask "are we there yet" too many times. The coach is making her a map of our route so she will know where we are going. She'll also have another older girl in the van to talk to and hang out with.
Not too much more going on really, we don't lead overly exciting lives at the moment, she's been pretty lazy so far this summer.
Ericka has been out of school now for a week and so far she seems to be happy. She has been spending a lot of time reading and of course skating. She has already read 3 books, I need to take her to the library so she can do the summer reading program. She has been participating in those for two years. We have a good time going to the library and finding fun books to read. She loves to read to Nate and it's one of the few times they are together without bickering. I have tried to only allow a little TV time each day. I don't want her just sitting around doing nothing.
We are getting closer to our trip to Omaha. I am really looking forward to spending some mom and daughter time. She is really excited but the closer it gets the more nervous she seems. It's understandable, knowing that she will be skating in front of all those new people. I think she will do good. The coach has been timing her laps at practice. She is averaging about 11.38 seconds per lap. Her best time for a 5 lap race is 58 seconds. The national record for her division in a 5 lap race is 50 seconds, and that record has stood for 9 years. We have told her that if she doesn't place thats okay as long as she has fun while she is there. She gets to meet the world team and Derrick Parra (olympic champion) so she thinks that is "cool" she even gets her picture taken with them if she wants. They are having a big party for all the skaters with a dance off and tons of other fun stuff. The car trip will probably be long and draining. She already has a list of things she is taking to keep her busy. Ericka loves to travel so I am keeping my fingers crossed that she won't ask "are we there yet" too many times. The coach is making her a map of our route so she will know where we are going. She'll also have another older girl in the van to talk to and hang out with.
Not too much more going on really, we don't lead overly exciting lives at the moment, she's been pretty lazy so far this summer.
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