Apr 27, 20132 min read

Addison’s First Gymnastic Meet

I was so proud of her — bright gleaming mama pride as she flipped, ran, jumped, stood on her hands, vaulted and rolled.

Papa, Daddy, Landon and Claudia were there cheering on our lil’ gymnast.

Addison has been in gymnastics for a year now. Recently her coach moved her into a new class of levels 2 – 5. Addi has been doing so well. She seems to pick up new skills almost effortlessly and working with the older, more experienced girls has done wonders for her. She enjoys practicing at home and it’s apart of her personality to not only try to do it, but to do it perfectly. The day before her meet she mentioned that she wants an Olympic gold medal for gymnastics — the kid loves this sport so much.

Her coach was eager to have Addi try out a real meet at our local gym’s annual Spring Fling Flip Thing. It was a great thing and a lot clicked for Addi. She learned a lot about competing and really enjoyed it. I wasn’t sure how it would go. Addison is very, very timid when it comes to new situations especially with large groups of people she doesn’t know. I was happy to see Addi’s good friend from preschool, Aundra, was also there competing in Addi’s age group. That put Addi at ease and once her and Aundra started warming up together Addi forgot about all the big people and settle right in to what she needed to do.

She did very well and had a blast. Meets are long and this meet ran into Addi’s 8:30 bed time! Besides her long yawns she hung in there and completed all her events will energy and enthusiasm.

On the way home I was sitting in the backseat of the car with her. She hugged onto my arm and said, “Mama, thank you so much for letting me do gymnastics.”

Warming up.

There’s Addi!

Bar Routine.

Checking to make sure we were watching.She often made eye contact with me and flashed me a thumbs up or a wink! She was so happy and she was having a blast!

Beam.