Bummer of a Day

Gymnastics was a total bummer today for Madison, and sometimes I've got to report the good with the bad. Basically, we've seen this other gymnastics location much, much closer to us - and with a whole lot of people there. The thinking was this: go by and see what time their classes are and check it out.

So we went by to check it out, and they gave us a sheet of paper that told us when to come back for kids Madison's age. Which was this afternoon at 5:00.

Unfortunately, they were wrong. Mommy had gotten Madison a leotard and they were so looking forward to gymnastics class - only it wasn't happening for kids in Madison's age bracket. That was too much for our little girl. She was very upset at this, and the teacher there recognized that her organization had blown it. SO, she made the regrettable decision to let her in class with this older group. This might have solved something immediately, but a greater problem ensued: Madison couldn't do what the others were doing. This escalated things, and it wasn't long before there was a meltdown of epic proportions.

She cried all the way home, and Mommy did her best to cheer her up. Eventually, Madison forgot about it all, as four-year-olds tend to do. But it was a real bummer of an afternoon for Madison and Mommy.

Meanwhile, Daddy was working a huge event called the "Back to School Bash," where we had a ton of kids and inflatables and loud music and - well, you get the drift. It was a big church event, so Daddy was pretty busy for most of the day.

He did get to spend a little time with Mommy and Madison in the morning. In fact, some guys were at the new house today, refinishing the wooden floors and making them all nice and shiny. While there, Daddy and Madison had some fun time together, playing Uno and watching a Disney Princess movie.

Tomorrow will be a better day. For one thing, we're thinking about getting a new television!