Upcoming Wreath & Poinsetta Fundraiser

Both, Emily and Grace, will be participating in a wreath & poinsetta fundraiser in the upcoming month to raise funds to participate on Team at FlightSchool gymnastics. We need all of the help we can bribe, beg and flash our eyelashes at so ... Please, save this "thought" as the holiday season is coming upon us and you are getting ready to decorate.

If you think you may be interested and would like more information, send me a quick e-mail and I will keep you updated as we know more specifics and the holiday season gets closer.

Thanks everyone for supporting our gymnastics adventure!
~The Girls
Emily, Grace & (in another year or two, Jill)

1st Big Meet

Gracie had her 1st big gymnastics meet and it went well. She has lots of things to work on through out the year but also a lot of skills to celebrate! She did great and had a lot of fun. Next weekend is her 1st meet against other gyms and it will be in St Helens. If anyone would like to join us at a meet thru out the year you can find the schedule at
www. flightschoolgym.com/meetschedule.htm

Pictures speak a thousand words ...........

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The Big Dilemma (Warning.. Vent)

I have sweat, thought, cried over and researched an incredible amount on whether or not to send or hold Grace in beginning elementary school for the past 3 years. A quick update for those that don't know our situation ... Gracie's birthday is August 30th, 2001. To begin kindergarten you must turn 5 yr on or before September 1st. So technically she could have joined the kindergarten ranks last year and skated in by 48 hours as the youngest student in the class. But, because of her severe food allergies and having a personality that becomes overwhelmed easily we decided with a lot of discussion, etc to have her attend a 3rd year of preschool and start kindergarten as the "older" student.

To say that she has grown leaps and bounds in the past year is an understatement. You would never know that she just turned 6yr this past Thursday and has matured in many ways by huge strides. However, trying to lead with consistancy and backing our original decision we have continued with our kindergarten plan and just attended a kinder open house this morning and took an initial assessment test. She breezed thru it with flying colors. How do you really know when to push on or stay comfortable?

We have a big decision in the upcoming week or two and that is to continue with kindergarten and keep her challenged with additional work at home OR bump her into 1st grade and start an entirely new transition.