Not the swine flu, just a cold October 13, 2009
Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs, Parenting 101 , 1 comment so farA very long cold, may I add. I am running myself down by doing the worst thing possible: being awake. I took a 4 hour nap yesterday after my sister and neice left. They were kind enough to visit for the long weekend. We did the Boston touristy stuff and then the Lexington-Concord touristy stuff (note to visitors: it is pronounced Conquered. Not Con-cord Sheesh. Next thing you know they’ll be calling the town of Peabody "pea-body" instead of the true name "pee-ba-dee"). We had a great weekend and then watched Luna do her ice skating and a little free skate before they left.
We gave the girls a Columbus Day treat of McDonald’s (Hey kids! Let’s celebrate Columbus wiping out the native population with smallpox and introducing slavery to the Americas by eating at McDonald’s! Yea Mom, you’re the best!). And then I promptly climbed into bed and passed out until 5:30pm. I’ve been fighting this damn cold since last Tuesday. I have not fevered nor have I had any flu symptoms. So, no swine flu, but I am seriously considering taking tomorrow off!
I have a question: How much should you let your child do? This is serious. Luna likes to ice skate. Alot. She skates for lessons every Monday. Her coach wants her to do another competion in January, but a free skate where you do certain elements do a song. Luna is all excited about this. Her coach also said that she is an above average skater and would do well to have 2 lessons a week. We know there is ice time at 6-8 am. School starts at 9, so if her coach wants, we could do an extra day a week at the rink before school. I don’t want to push her. I honestly don’t know where this is going. Will she be a recreational skater? Will she train and be a competitor? I really don’t know
What would you do? She really wants this. She really just turned five in late June. I don’t want to push her, I don’t want to crush her dreams.
Help.
In other news, Soleil has a skills evaluation for inhouse hockey on Saturday. At 6am. I have already told Jay he is taking her.
