Gymnastics meets!

Ainsley had her first meet last weekend and she was super nervous.  She woke up at 10 the night before, worrying about it and she was up a few times during the night :o(.  Meets are a bit different than when I competed...now they are smart and have sessions, so you are only there for about 3 hours!  But, that means you can get any time slot and we got 5 o'clock on Sunday night.  Not the best for lots of reasons, but we managed.  I think us mom's were more nervous than the kids!

She did great for her first meet and ended up getting 4 medals and 8th all-around.  Yesterday, we had another meet in Santa Cruz (a little over an hour from our house with no traffic) and we got the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Sat. at 8 am.  That was an early morning!  Her nerves were much better and we worked on a few things and she really improved....almost 2 full points better :o).  She got an 8.75 on vault and floor, an 8.7 on bars and an 8.2 on beam.  Competition was a lot tougher and there were lots of girls and way more teams.  All our girls did awesome and we ended up placing 2nd (we must have been really close to first).  Ainsley was super excited because she got 5 medals this time and placed 5th all around.  She still really wants to get on the blocks (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and she still has some room for improvement, so maybe in a couple weeks at her home meet.
They put this picture in the local newspaper and her teacher saw it first!

Ainsley has been loving it and really likes to be part of the team.  We explored the Santa Cruz Boardwalk after the meet for a bit with her friends.  Too bad it was raining, but I guess that was a good thing because it wasn't so busy.  My umbrella was quite the giggling point :o).

I will try to upload her floor routine video in a bit...