The Little Gymnast

I still remember the Mary Lou Retton picture I had hanging on the back of my door as a child. I don't exactly recall where it came from--I know my dad got it for me, probably from work--but it was autographed with the message: "To Jodi, Keep Smiling! Mary Lou". I loved gymnastics as a kid and was excited to sign Amelia up for her first class as well!

We did a quick 6 week session through our local park district. Amelia (and Jason and I) immediately fell in love with her gymnastics teacher. She is young, smiley, and soooo good with the energetic 3 and 4 year olds.

Amelia ended up missing the very last class because of our trip to TX. The teacher had to cancel one class so the session got pushed back a week. So, I snapped a few pictures on the last night of her class. Of course, I forgot my camera and ended up using my phone instead.

She was feeling a little extra giggly--probably because I was snapping pictures of her.

Here she is mid-backward roll!

Practicing different ways to jump and hold her legs. This is "pike jump".

I was actually a little surprised that she could get her little body around the bar--with Miss Emma's help of course!

I think we will be trying this class again and if she is still really interested, I will sign her up for the real deal!