We had our Sports Day today, and my first big accomplishment was not crying when we arrived at the gym. In previous years, I burst into tears when we got to the gym and I saw so many people that I didn’t know. This year I was ready for it and didn’t cry.
When we sat down, I was in a goofy mood and was playing with my neck cooling ring and making goofy faces. When our teachers told us it was time to sit with our class, I went without any fuss.
When it was time to start the opening ceremonies I was one of the first to line up when our teachers instructed us to do so. Overall, I followed instructions very well today.
I was very good at just waiting for the next set of instructions and not running off or doing my own thing.
Although I followed instructions and did what I was supposed to do, I didn’t exactly do it enthusiastically. If I’m being honest, I would have preferred to have just stayed at home and played with my cars, but I’m did my best to do what I had to do.
Even though I do what I’m told, this monkey doesn’t dance when told. I like to dance and enjoy dancing, but I don’t do it on command. I went to my spot, didn’t cause any trouble, but I did not dance.
A lot of my classmates were enjoying Sports Day and had a ball. I was there because I had to be. No smiles from me. Although whenever I caught Daddy’s eye, he made silly faces and got some smiles out of me.
After our warm up dance and some other classes performances, it was time for our performance. Remember, what I said about this monkey not dancing? Well, the following pictures are from our “dance” routine. The smiles are from when Daddy made funny faces and started doing the dance routine on the sidelines. He made me smile, but could not convince me to dance. Actually, just putting on the costume was a big accomplishment for me. I put up no fuss, but did not dance.
After our dance routine we had to wait for other classes to finish there performances and events before it was our turn again.
Our next event was a cooperative square relay. We took turns running different sides of a square. I ran very fast and very straight! This was probably the most willing participation from me out of the whole day.
Our last event was gymnastics performances. As you know I did not participate in the practices until the very last month. I made a lot of progress and was able to do every part of the routine. But today I did not feel like doing it in front of so many people. It was a long wait until my turn and by that point I was not feeling like doing gymnastics. My teachers know this is a sensitive subject for me and did not try to force me to do it. They gave me a chance to try, but when it was obvious that I wasn’t going to do it, they brought me over to Mommy and Daddy.
My gymnastics teacher came over right after and wanted to tell Mommy and Daddy that I did the full gymnastics routine really well at rehearsal. She said she understands that it is hard to do in front of a lot of people, but wanted Mommy and Daddy to know that even though they didn’t see me do it, that I could do it. She complimented me on learning how to do the whole routine in only a month.
The Sports Day did not necessarily end on a good note, but I can say that I did my best and there were some nice moments there. Mommy and Daddy were very proud of me and know that I made a lot of progress over the years. The main thing is that I showed up and did my best!
