Sunday morning, Becky and Beth tried out a new hiking destination.
Ally was back at the gym working a meet. Then Becky and Cloey (who had been hiking) picked her up from the gym and brought her to the Guatemala Girls meet up.
5 Guatemala Girls above and 5 moms and Cloey below.
Monday was MLK Holiday so no school or work. We took it easy and hung out at home watching TV, playing PS5 and relaxing after a busy couple of days.
Tuesday after school I dropped Ally at Daniela’s and they walked to Harvard Square. The 2 of them alone, no parents.
I was giving her the mom safety quiz on the drive over
Me “what should you do if you think someone is following you or staring at you”
Ally “take 2 left turns and see if person is still following you.”
Ally “if anyone tries to abduct me I’ll hit them or bite them”
Me “and scream really loud and ask for help. Who do you ask for help from”
Ally “a mom”
All in all pretty good answers. 😂
It was her first time walking around town to a destination other than school. They stopped at a bakery and Ally got a blueberry muffin and then went to Shake Shack for French fries.
Pictures from Washington DC the night before the Presidential Inauguration.
I made patriotic themed cookies for the inauguration on Wednesday.
Ally and I watched the entire ceremony together. I decided it was more important and relevant than her remote school for a couple hours.
I cried a couple times. It was incredibly moving and a huge relief to have a new president.
We did the puzzle below while the ceremony was on TV and talked about the songs, the speeches and of course the poem.
Post inauguration lunch.
Thursday class break.
And Thursday night we watched our Public High School orientation program. We won’t know about private school until March 10 so we thought we should see what our City high school orientation was.
Honestly we were less than impressed and are really hoping for private school.
It was a hard week for Becky and I. We are still battling with Ally’s school over her IEP and making sure that the school follows what they have already agreed to. COVID and schools is also stressful with both Ally and Becky’s districts considering major schedule and program changes next month. It’s all pretty emotional and so much is out of our control.
Friday after practice Ally’s 8th grade health/PE teacher hosted a virtual movie night. They watched The Goonies. Ally was not thrilled when Becky tried to take a picture of her.
Before bed Friday night. Ally has been watching Grays Anatomy and begged to watch one more episode before bed.
Saturday lunch in bed with Daisy.
Cloey was crazy on Saturday. We finally opened up a curtain so she could look outside. When Ally and I left to go to practice Cloey looked so sad.
But practice was “pretty good” Ally said nonchalantly. Reporting that she did a new skill on bars; a double back tuck. So she does giants (360 degree rotation around the bar with her body fully extended straight) then let go of the bar and fly up into the air, tuck your body and spin 2 somersaults in the air. She landed face first and LOVED it. She was so happy. Her teammate managed to get a video and these are screenshots from the video.
She also reported she did 70 back handsprings trying to get the skill back on the balance beam. She’s been struggling with this skill since she’s been back in the gym in October. She had a bad fall and was scared (they call it “blocked”) from doing it in November/December and has only recently started doing it again. She said not all 70 were on the beam; you try the high beam and then move back and forth between the high beam, low beam and a line on the floor depending on what you need to practice. And her shoulders are sore today. But she’s doing it!
Ally and I were talking about the skill today and how amazing it is since she was out of the gym for so long and she told me “I’ve been wanting to do a double back off bar since I was 10.” She does love this crazy intense sport of gymnastics. We don’t know of course what her future in the sport is. But for sure it brings her joy and makes her happy right now, and that is so important.
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