Our Little Gymnist

Kendyl has been enrolled in gymnastics since her 3rd birthday party was held at the gymnastics facility in September, 2008. She loved it and begged us to let her go to gymnastics. We were a little hesitant at first since we had her enrolled in ballet and tap at her request and to say the least, did NOT go so well. She like the tap part, but for the ballet lesson, she would rather lay down on the floor, run out the door, etc. But, honestly, I cant blame her, the ballet realm is just not in our blood (at least not in mine, and I can probably bet you 100% its not in Jason's either!) Anyway, so we gave it a shot and we were both shocked at how well she did, how much she loved it, and how well she focused throughout the entire hour. We didnt even recognize our child, you know, the "busy" one. She has kept that same interest throughout the year and finally the day came for her to show off all of her skills to everyone during "Mayfest", where they were able to show off all of the gymnastics they have learned and they get a trophy during an award ceremony at the end. The theme was jungle related (notice her new tiger leotard for the special occasion) and they started off with the typical stretching and then went into a dance they had all learned that was to the song from the Lion King movie where he sings "I'm gonna be a mighty king...." (sorry, I dont know the name of the song).

After they performed the dance, they moved on to different stations where they performed their skills on the balance beam, bars, trampoline, etc.

At the end, each child had their name called to come up and stand on stage and receive their trophy. She was so proud of her accomplishments and needless to say, we are VERY proud of our little gymnist too.

Kamryn loved watching her big sister during the entire performance and behaved very well. She is always mesmerized by whatever it is that Kendyl is doing and will always point at her and clap for her each time we are at gymnastics. It is so cute!

And who knows, maybe we have a future little gymnist / ballerina on our hands...
Although, we will definately have to work on her graceful-ness.