g-tics and eggstatic
We have been trying to keep our whiteboard calendar updated for all the family to see, and Annie has taken up the duty of putting on all the lessons throughout the week. I noticed she put g-tics, and I asked her what is that supposed to stand for. “Gymnastics. Duh, Mom!” Apparently, my brain isn’t fast enough these days to process high-tech abbreviations.
A few weeks ago the girls had a family day at their gymnastics lesson. Family was encouraged to attend and take as many pictures as they wanted. Of course, I went into mamarazzi mode and began snapping away as soon as we set foot on the property. The teachers made sure to have the girls work on each area in the gym, and I made sure to get PLENTY of pictures to share.
The girls always start out with a warm-up and stretching session. I’m so proud of my Strech Armstrongs (ha, who gets that?).


The girls work on their vault and flippy work. That’s a technical term, you know.




Then they move onto the floor and work on handstands, cartwheels, round-offs, back walkovers, and back extensions. I’m impressed with how well the girls are able to do these things now after only started the lessons a couple of months ago.




Onto the beam. They worked on walking with fancy kicks and jumps and also practiced cartwheels and handstands while being spotted. Notice how Annie sticks her tongue out when she’s concentrating. I keep hearing one of her teachers get on her about it and told her one time that she’s going to bite it off one of these days. That would be something to see, looking for Annie’s tongue in the foam pit…haha!




And last the bars. I think the girls treat this area more like a jungle gym.




At the end of the lesson they had all the girls sit in a line on the floor and demonstrate to the parents some of the moves they’ve been learning. Then they received their certificate showing they completed that session and what level(s) they are testing at.

The girls are really having a lot of fun. I’m amazed at how much they have learned in such little time. I can’t wait to see how much more they’ve progressed this time next year. Mike was reluctant at first to sign them up, but he’s really been supportive of them. He’s even the one who insisted we sign the girls up for a second class each week. The second class takes place in Watertown which is a much bigger and more equipped gym.
In other news our chickens finally started laying eggs this past weekend. The first batches of eggs, I’m told by Mike, are going to be of various sizes since the chickens are still getting used to the concept. They probably won’t be full size for a few more rounds. Mike even found a shell-less egg earlier this week. We are very excited to have eggs at last.








































