Serious

Taking her stretching very seriously tonight!! 

We started the day with a piano lesson, so when she got up we had a bit of practise before we headed off to B's. Tuesday morning lessons aren't the best of ideas, she's tired from the late night band rehearsal, but it was the only time this week B could fit this lesson in. She did ok, but was charging at a rate of knots at everything she played! It's B's birthday today so Katie was very excited to take her some flowers from her lavender plant and her birthday gift. 

We cycled to school and arrived before the door closed (not normal on a music day!) She didn't have a great deal to say about school, apart from that her friend let the door go right as she went through it and it smacked her head! 

We came home and she put her leotard on to do some stretching. Once we'd got her muscles warmed up she really did stretch well, her box splits are there, her forward right splits are about 2cm off and she's very nearly toes to nose when arching on her tummy. 

Granny and Grandad arrived shortly after. I was heading out to do some jobs at dance class, so they looked after her. After tea, Katie practised clarinet for a good long while. Grandad was impressed at how she self-regulated her practise, knowing when it wasn't right and correcting it but also accepting input the couple of times she wasn't sure how to fix something. And played her pieces beautifully after the technical work. They played some uno before bedtime, when she picked the longest possible story apparently!