Cali had gymnastics today. She is very serious about gymnastics and works on improving her skills at home ALL. THE. TIME. In fact, she has spent her own money buying herself a gymnastics mat and a balance beam. She wants to purchase a set of bars, but she's a little low on funds.
Anyways, after she comes home from classes, she spends quite a bit of time practicing on her balance beam, her mat, or the trampoline. We sit and the living room and hear the "thunk, thunk" above us as she is upstairs practicing. She calls Chris and I both up for us to watch her "routines." We tell her she's awesome, of course.
She also plays the viola. She has tryouts tomorrow. Between gymnastics routines upstairs, she would come downstairs to practice her viola. And she continued this for about 2 1/2 hours…gymnastics, viola, gymnastics, viola, etc.
I walked in the dining room while she was practicing her viola, and just stood and had to watch her for a minute in amazement. She amazes me at her dedication. I LOVE that! It made my heart smile to walk in and see her sitting there in her gymnastics leotard playing her viola. Such sweetness!!! I'm thankful that she understands the need to work hard at something. That if you want to be good at something, you have to give it your all. I love this girl, and I see a bright, shiny future for her.
