Christmas in...March

This year for Christmas the two older kids got experiences as one of their gifts.  Carrigan got gymnastics lessons and Merrick got fencing lessons.  Since then, Carrigan has been on a waitlist for her class and Merrick has been too busy with basketball to add anything else.  At the end February that all changed.  Merrick had his last basketball game and all of the sudden his schedule opened up and we heard from the gymnastics place that they had a new class starting the first week of March and Carrigan was in.  Just like that, March is now all about our Christmas experiences.

Merrick's fencing classes started first.  Jeremy took him the first week and was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was.  Merrick is excited about learning the new terminology and practicing his new skills.  He even said he want to study and test to be a fencing judge. (In the pictures he is they one with the blue tennis shoes and neon green at the bottom of his pants.)

 Carrigan's class just started this week and she is already in love.  I was really impressed by how much they were able to work on in just one class.  They learned stretches, worked on back bends,  practiced starting positions and tried handstands.

Both kids are just signed up for a month trial for their classes since baseball and softball both start in just a few short weeks and I have a feeling that they will be sad when March comes to an end.  In the meantime they are having a blast and who knows that they future holds, we may pick them back up for good come summer.