A few weeks ago we saw a Gymnastics Exhibition at the park that we frequent. Jane was completely enamored by the girls in matching leotards doing flips, jumps, and somersaults. You can only imagine how excited she was when I told her that I had already signed her up for gymnastics classes to start the following week!
Though she requested a "black and pink" leotard like the older girls, she had to settle for this black one (that I bought in the girls section - which was traumatizing for me!) Is she not the cutest?
Daddy took Jane for her first day of class, in which she is with 10 or so other kids her age. She did a great job following directions, especially when the teacher asked them to walk between exercise with their arms out and with pointy toes. Here she is on the uneven bars, which she consistently says is her favorite part ("swinging on the bar"):
Off to the balance beam!
And she even had a chance on the big balance beam!
It's been fun for us to see her in a class environment and to see how careful she is with directions and wants to please her teachers. We've had fun practicing at home as well! Watch out, we may have a future Olympian on our hands. If nothing else, it is getting us excited for the Olympics in just a month!
