Building A Life: Firsts

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Firsts

Yesterday was a day of firsts for the kids. The girls had their first gymnastics class (they were SO excited and have been asking to do this for months!) Even though they were both a little nervous and shy, they jumped right in and had HUGE smiles on their faces every time they got to do an exercise on the equipment. I am so glad that they are in the same class -- makes things much easier logistically and it makes it easier for them to feel comfortable participating without ME also participating. The instructors broke the class of 16 or so kids into three smaller groups after the warm-up exercises. When they called Millie's name to be in a group Merrill automatically stood up and went with her (after the instructors figured out who she was :) ). I don't know if they would have placed them together anyway or not, but it worked out in the end and both girls were happy. After gymnastics class we all piled into the car and Teddy got to take his first road trip. We headed to Terre Haute to visit our niece Katelyn at Indiana State University. We were so thrilled when she invited us down for the family weekend events and loved getting to see not only her, but the rest of her family. It's hard these days to make it up to Michigan to visit everyone, so having a meeting ground in-between is kind of nice! Teddy slept all the way to Terre Haute and didn't scream until we got into town (as we were trying to figure out where the stadium was...). Not too bad. We heard a lot of "are we in Indiana yet?" from the girls, but overall the three hour drive wasn't bad. While at ISU the kids got to go to their first college football game. Since Scott and I did not got to big football colleges we aren't too invested in the game (unlike our Mizzou family and friends), but it was a fun experience and ISU won so that was good. The girls enjoyed the band, the cheerleaders, the pom girls and the flag squad the most. Teddy slept through a large part of the game and then just hung out for the last quarter or so. I think they were all happy when the frat boys next to us left with their air horn! We ended our visit with a yummy dinner at a pub and then headed home. Thankfully all three kids fell asleep for the trip home (eventually)! Teddy was a little less happy to be in the car on the way home, but after a few feedings finally went to sleep. Millie was determined to stay awake the whole way home, but fell asleep right about the time the last sunlight disappeared over the horizon. Merrill fell asleep within 10 minutes of getting in the car :).