Ja - Nah - Stix

Since I was having surgery this summer, a summer vacation and many of our summer activities couldn't happen.  The girls have been asking for some time to do gymnastics.  So this summer, we signed them up for 11 weeks of gymnastics at a local gym.  I will admit that I have never been too excited about the prospect of them doing gymnastics, mostly because I feared that it would turn into weekends of traveling to meets and start to consume our lives, which is not something to which I am willing to commit.  That said, I have been completely proven wrong.  Gymnastics has been AWESOME for them.  I am completely impressed with the instruction, the strength building, and flexibility they are gaining.  It's been a great thing for our kids, and the icing on the cake is that they LOVE it.

Hannah's cart wheels are getting so much better, and she is really good at the balance beam.  Laura's cart wheels leave something to be desired, but she is improving.  She loves to do things on the trampoline.  Little E is hilarious in her class.  They have her hanging on bars, walking on little balance beams, climbing walls with her legs, bouncing on trampolines and summer-saulting on wedges.  She is about as cute as she can be.

When we first started classes in the beginning of June, Emma called in Shanastix.  And she would correct us when we said it the "traditional way."  Somehow she figured out that it began with a "Ja" sound, and now whenever we say gymnastics, she quickly says, "No, it's Ja-Nah-Stix."  Ok Emma.  Nobody messes with Honeybadger.

I don't have very many pictures yet, so I'll post more pictures and videos in a later post.  :)