Frustrating Tumble Tot

Gracie found herself very frustrated this afternoon as the tumble tot instructors found a new stretching idea. I have to say the idea was very cute. They got the kids to use pool noodles to stretch and balance.

Typical Gracie couldn't get it the first time and fell in to a lump on the floor, arms crossed. I don't know where she gets her "defeatest" attitude from! I try to instill a sense of accomplishment and self worth in her everyday. But, she is like that. She gives up if she can't do it right the first time.

We talked about how people have to practice and not give up, but as the warm ups went on and on, she cried and pouted and pouted some more. I took a deep breath and tried not to get angry. I kept picking her up and telling her to keep trying. Thankfully, we went on to stations. But, unfortunately her bad attitude went with her.

Somehow we made it through.

We are going to take a break from Tumble Tots for the winter. Today was the last week of this session. We aren't stopping because of her temper, but because the next session goes through Christmas, and I found out that they don't make up weeks lost and we are expected to get a HUGE snowstorm this weekend. I decided I could use less stress during the holidays, so we will pick back up mid-January when the next session begins.

**Above: the kids try the elephant walk. You can see that Gracie will not do it right and she didn't make it very far before her short fuse ran out and she dropped the other kids.**

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