Ainsley has found 2 new sports that she loves! She tried out for the school volleyball team and we figured she would be on the 6th grade team, but they moved her to the B team (Three 6th graders made the squad so it was a big deal!). The coach told her that she loves watching her play because she learns so quickly and has improved so much in such a short time. She is the setter and I guess that is a difficult position, so it has been a lot of learning for her. We've had volleyball 4 days a week, 2 practices and 2 games for the last month and she still wants to play at home after school and on the weekends. I arranged a mom/daughter volleyball playdate at the sand courts and we all had a blast. The beauty about sand is that it doesn't hurt when you fall, although it is very hard to move quickly. She wants to do club volleyball when the season is over, but I think we'll try something else for a bit and then go back in August when we return from our summer travels.
She's got a pretty good serve!
The other sport she is loving is Trampoline! It is a fairly easy transition given her background and she is learning new things every day. She is moving up to a new group next week and is kinda bummed about not being in her group anymore (she's only been there for 3 weeks, REALLY!). The groups are co-ed, so she enjoys that very much. I just found a family to carpool with which will help with the late night pick-ups!!!
This sport has 3 events, tumbling, double mini and trampoline. It is different than gymnastics because you can be different levels on different events. Unfortunately, her wrists were giving her trouble when she was tumbling so we got her some tiger paw braces and she has been loving them! No pain at all, but makes her disappointed that they were not allowed at her gym because I think she thinks she would have been able to continue and maybe she would have. But, in the long run, I think this has been a really good change for her. She has been hanging out with more school friends and has a new little family at trampoline and they all seem like such nice kids! Even having 2 activities in place of gymnastics, she still has a lot more time on her hands. She and Khalif have been playing a lot of basketball and trampoline, and even Reggie has joined in playing volleyball and nerf guns, so that has been great to see too. And she has time to hang out with our foster babies!!!
Video of her on the double mini:
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