Ever since seeing the gymnastic trials back last spring/early summer, Grace has wanted to do gymnastics. After seeing the Olympics she was CONVINCED that we HAD to let her try! She was going to be the next Gabby Douglas (who trained in West DSM)! She walks like a gymnast, flips like a gymnast, reads books about gymnastics, and even makes her own routines (this summer I drew a balanced beam on the driveway so she could practice!). We wanted to be sure that this is what she wanted to do, and we knew it was when we got the reminders from her over and over. This wasn’t just a passing fad… it was more than that.
So… we gave her a leotard for Christmas and signed her up to preview a few classes. We have now settled on Sapphire Gymnastics on Thursday nights from 6-7. She has a small class and a firm but friendly teacher, who was impressed that Grace has never taken gymnastics before! :) She is the youngest in her class, but she is really hardworking and feisty (like her momma) so I know she will do fine! I just LOVE watching her! Here are pictures from her first class….
Stretching and warming up…
Cartwheels….
Backwards somersaults…..Hmmmm… how do we do this?
Bars work…. casting, elevations, and rolls…..
Beam work….walking forward and backward, flamingo walking (putting her toe to her knee), and spins….
She also had lots of tumbling and even some work on the vault. She really likes all the parts of the night…. can’t wait to see her in action tonight!! Our little gymnast in the making!!
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