The one with all the 'Nastics

Preslie ADORES gymnastics.

And I adore her and the fact that she has found something that she loves so much.

 

Preslie has been going to gymnastics for almost two months now.

She started at Advnaced Gymnastics in Nampa and although I don't think they are the gym that will take her to the competitive level that we would love to see her at, it is a great gym and she LOVES Coach Paige and all the other girls she gets to practice with. She has also started going a second time a week to Mountain West Gymnastics Academy in Boise so between the two gyms she goes twice a week for about an hour each. We also ordered a practice bar and beam that we have set up in our office. We figure if we are going to do this we might as well really do it!

 

I know. We are a bit crazy.

But Preslie loves it. She will go into the office and practice for hours. So far she hasn't much loved beam, it's something we are working on. Instead she seems to love twirling on the bars. Head stands, hand stands, and cartwheels are something we work on pretty much every day. It will take some time for her to get them mastered because it is hard to do any sort of tumbling when your hands fully extended don't go much past your head. She is the youngest girl in both of her gym classes but she keeps up very well and is even the "springiest" girl out of both of her classes. This is what Coach Rick (from mtn west) calls being super flexible.

 

We just finished the first session at Mountian West and a lot of her teammates aren't going to continue through the summer but will come back in the Fall instead. I am excited to see how far Preslie advances in the next few months. Seeing her run around tumbling and flippin in all of her flashy leotards has got to be one of the most adorable things on earth!

 

These pictures are both from Mountain West which has a better facility. The parents all have to stay up on the second floor overlook to watch so sadly the pictures are pretty far away. In the first one Coach Rick is showing everyone how flexible little Preslie is in her Pike and in the second one Preslie is in the blue and pink leotard showing us how she almost has her middle splits entirely on the ground!