We took our new camera to gymnastics 2 weeks ago Monday and snapped some shots of our now veteran gymnast. She looks forward to gymnastics (which she calls
nastics) every week. Her confidence has grown a lot and I am really glad we started.
They use official
apparatuses occasionally and Kaylee really likes
swinging from the uneven parallel bars...with our without assistance.
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She is also becoming relatively proficient at
ta-da rolls (or in Mommy's time: somersaults).
Although when given the option she always will take Miss Kara's help so she can go straight down the wedge, as when she attempts them herself she always ends up at least partially sideways.
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They do exercises during each class. Kaylee really likes the bicycle peddling...which she makes Mommy and Daddy do at home now too.
Remember that confidence I was telling you about? She is getting really good at climbing up the ladder on her feet and hands, which use to make Mommy forget to breathe...but she's so good at it now that even Mommy is breathing easier.
They are learning what the teachers call
"hand-jumps" which will at some point way down the line become hand-stands. Here's Miss Vickie (
called Miss Mickey by our little monkey-girl) helping Kaylee do her very first one.
Every 3rd week or so, they have some sort of blow-up device for the kids to negotiate, navigate and just plain old have fun on. Kaylee really liked the slide on this one.
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She's even really starting to have fun jumping into the block pit. (She used to sit on the side and sort of bum-hop herself into the pit...but now, she just goes for it.)
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The nice soft landing makes it easy:)
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They usually start off their class in the block pit. At Kaylee's age they are allowed to crawl through it...but as they progress in age, size and skill they have to to use only use hands and feet (no knees etc) and then eventually no-hands! Yikes, I doubt I could even do that.
Daddy really liked the
pvc piping balance beam in between the parallel bars...and so did Kaylee, unfortunately it didn't provide for a good angle to get a picture of her face while using it.
And at the end of the class they all line up and do some clapping while they get their participation stamps...I thought this picture captured Kaylee's basic attitude about the whole experience.
They use official apparatuses occasionally and Kaylee really likes swinging from the uneven parallel bars...with our without assistance. 
Although when given the option she always will take Miss Kara's help so she can go straight down the wedge, as when she attempts them herself she always ends up at least partially sideways..JPG)
They do exercises during each class. Kaylee really likes the bicycle peddling...which she makes Mommy and Daddy do at home now too.
They are learning what the teachers call "hand-jumps" which will at some point way down the line become hand-stands. Here's Miss Vickie (called Miss Mickey by our little monkey-girl) helping Kaylee do her very first one.
Every 3rd week or so, they have some sort of blow-up device for the kids to negotiate, navigate and just plain old have fun on. Kaylee really liked the slide on this one..JPG)
She's even really starting to have fun jumping into the block pit. (She used to sit on the side and sort of bum-hop herself into the pit...but now, she just goes for it.).JPG)
The nice soft landing makes it easy:).jpg)
They usually start off their class in the block pit. At Kaylee's age they are allowed to crawl through it...but as they progress in age, size and skill they have to to use only use hands and feet (no knees etc) and then eventually no-hands! Yikes, I doubt I could even do that.
Daddy really liked the pvc piping balance beam in between the parallel bars...and so did Kaylee, unfortunately it didn't provide for a good angle to get a picture of her face while using it.
And at the end of the class they all line up and do some clapping while they get their participation stamps...I thought this picture captured Kaylee's basic attitude about the whole experience.
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