Sorry this is so late...OOPS! We had a great day on Wednesday...but it was a busy one. We started the day by driving Daddy to work so that we could have the car for our first day of gymnastics. But before I get ahead of myself, the morning greeted us with our Valentine's presents...Misa got Cinderella III, playdough and some candy. Cali got a Doodle Bops DVD, some playdough, and some candy. I got some aroma bath stuff and a promise of 2 hours of Clark taking the girls out so I could have peace and quiet on Saturday...LOL! Clark got BIG hugs from all of us and some of his favorite Chocolates!!

Then it was off to the gym for Cali's first Bouncing Babies class. Misa was awesome and sat in the observation room and did her seatwork while Cali and I had class. Class was TOO cute. We started out stretching and then went to the tumble run trampoline for Cali to run down and then jump down. Next we went to the circle area and did a circuit of different exercises. Cali hung and swung from a bar, rolled down a ramp, did a backwards summersault, ran and "jumped" on the vault, "jumped" (more like climbed) up a step, walked across a balance beam, and jumped on a trampoline. After the circuit time they got to slide down into the foam pit and play for a while. They weren't sure if Cali was going to like it because it is very large and can be scary...but Cali took right to it and didn't want to get off when we headed out. After the pit, the class crawled through some tunnels and had a blas doing it. To end class they walked on the beam again and as they finished their teacher gave them a 4 stamps (one on each hand and foot). Cali didn't want to leave and kept trying to run back in...it was awesome.

After class, we rushed home to get moving on our school day. Misa flew threw school and we had an great day! I honestly think that it was the smoothest school day we have had since we got to the US! Our day was broken up by a visit from the mail man...with Valentine's presents from Grammy and Gramps in SC! What a treat!!!

At 4:00 we headed out the door and back to the gym. Melisa met her teacher and had an awesome class. She started out doing stretches. It reminded her a lot of her warm up exercises for ballet. After stretching they had to run 4 laps around the gym and then headed over to the balance beam. They practiced walking forward and sideways. Then they practiced jumping off the beam and landing properly. After the beam, they went to some bars hanging on the wall. They climbed to the top and hung. Then they pulled their knees up to their chests as many times as they could. When they felt themselves slipping they would turn and climb back to the top and wait. After the bar they went to the tumble run trampoline and practice jumping and simple tumbling down it. Then they worked on jumping off the vault and landing again. They ended class with a little more stretching and getting their "gym bucks" to either save or spend at the gym store. She was in gymnastics heaven. Cali and I enjoyed the show from the observation room. I was so proud of my little girl!

After gym, it was time to head up to the school and pick Daddy up from work. Once we got Daddy we headed home for a simple dinner and then made some valentine cupcakes! We couldn't keep the cupcakes to ourselves, so we headed to our neighbors and shared the Valentine's love! :-) We had a nice hour long visit with them to top off our busy but great Valentine's Day!

After the visit it was home for bath and bed time routines. We didn't do a whole lot of special things, but we had fun and we were together...that is what made it the best! Of course I took pictures to remember the bits of the day worth taking pictures of...so here you go...ENJOY!!