Ainsley girl

Gymnastics

We’ve been doing pre-team for a little over a month now and it is quite a jump from the recreational class. My eyebrows were raised during the warm-up when they were doing burpees and push-ups, along with pike sit-ups. Whenever she looks over, she has a big smile on her face, so she is really liking the pain! She has a bit of catching up to do, especially in the flexibility department, but has made huge strides already. She practices at home all the time and overdid it a few weeks ago. Too many backbends will give you a back-ache, so we took it easy and it healed quickly. The doctor said to try and moderate her at home and maybe that will keep her from overdoing it. I hope so! It is not a good feeling to know your child is having back pain :o(. She goes 2 days a week for 2 hours per time and it absolutely starving when she’s finished. We quickly learned to snack on the way and have part of dinner on the ride home. It is amazing that a 5 year old can do what she does and have the attention span for that long. It is really fun to watch her and I am glad she loves the sport :o).

She does this all over the house, every single day.As you can see from her attire, Ainsley is quite into fashion (usuallly her own fashion). Skinny jeans are her favorite and her latest interest is belts. She had to go to the bathroom yesterday and put her belt over her shirt (not even attached to her pants) and came running to me with her underwear and pants around her ankles...."Mom, I can't get this belt off and I have to go to the bathroom." I tried explaining that she had a bare bottom, but it wasn't clicking, so I had to quickly take the belt off :o). Did I mention she is very stubborn???? We go round and round with hair on gymnastic days but I think she has finally figured it out (she had to learn the hard way that a pony tail really hurts when you are doing backward rolls and handstand forward rolls).
We babysat a friends’ 2 month old the other night and Ainsley was very excited. Unfortunately, the baby was pretty fussy, so Ryan and I had her most of the time, but Ainsley fed her and was happy to entertain her with cartwheels!

Gymnastics video (go to www.arrtwade.blogspot.com to view):