Hi everyone! I haven't posted in, say, six months or so, but I'm just going to jump back in with both feet, because I need some advice from you mommies (and dads!).
(This first paragraph is from a re-intro post I just posted): M started gym last fall in the 4yo preschool class, moved up to the 5 yo class a few weeks ago, was invited to join pre-team last week, evaluated last night and invited straight into L3 team. We are going today to try an L3 team class to see how she likes it and take it from there.
1) I'm really overwhelmed, right now. She was going to gym for 45 min once per week. Pre-team meets twice a week for an hour each time and L3's meet twice a week for 2 hours each time. She loves gymnastics, asks me every other day (if not every day) to go to the gym, and loves to practice her hand stands and cartwheels at home, but I just don't want her to get overwhelmed at the jump in practice hours.
2) Money is an issue, and a big one at that. I was laid off last July, so we did not expect to be on one income. The preschool class was $56 for four weeks, of which we paid nothing because a family friend paid for it. I've talked to her about the pre-team and she said she could commit to continuing to pay $56 through June and would have to reassess her finances at that time. Pre-team is $100 for four weeks, so, with her $56, that leaves us paying $44 which DH said we could swing. BUT, unless something changes, when our friend can no longer pay, we can't afford the entire bill. Now, L3's tuition is $122 every four weeks (which is a great deal in that it's only $22 more and you get double the hours of pre-team), so that would leave us paying $66 after the $56 is taken care of. That's before all the competition stuff, however. The competion leo, pants, and jacket is $200, and they have 5 meets, so that's something like $500 (the girl said the actual fees would be figured out closer to fall, but she also said the fees could be put on a payment plan).
So now I'm trying to figure out some way to make some money at home so I can give this great opportunity to my M. I think this would be such a great experience for her, but I just don't know if we can swing it...
(This first paragraph is from a re-intro post I just posted): M started gym last fall in the 4yo preschool class, moved up to the 5 yo class a few weeks ago, was invited to join pre-team last week, evaluated last night and invited straight into L3 team. We are going today to try an L3 team class to see how she likes it and take it from there.
1) I'm really overwhelmed, right now. She was going to gym for 45 min once per week. Pre-team meets twice a week for an hour each time and L3's meet twice a week for 2 hours each time. She loves gymnastics, asks me every other day (if not every day) to go to the gym, and loves to practice her hand stands and cartwheels at home, but I just don't want her to get overwhelmed at the jump in practice hours.
2) Money is an issue, and a big one at that. I was laid off last July, so we did not expect to be on one income. The preschool class was $56 for four weeks, of which we paid nothing because a family friend paid for it. I've talked to her about the pre-team and she said she could commit to continuing to pay $56 through June and would have to reassess her finances at that time. Pre-team is $100 for four weeks, so, with her $56, that leaves us paying $44 which DH said we could swing. BUT, unless something changes, when our friend can no longer pay, we can't afford the entire bill. Now, L3's tuition is $122 every four weeks (which is a great deal in that it's only $22 more and you get double the hours of pre-team), so that would leave us paying $66 after the $56 is taken care of. That's before all the competition stuff, however. The competion leo, pants, and jacket is $200, and they have 5 meets, so that's something like $500 (the girl said the actual fees would be figured out closer to fall, but she also said the fees could be put on a payment plan).
So now I'm trying to figure out some way to make some money at home so I can give this great opportunity to my M. I think this would be such a great experience for her, but I just don't know if we can swing it...