When Cady goes to gymnastics, she often sees the older and very experienced girls also working out. They’re a select few that compete in the gymnastics world, and they go by the title of Superkids. Somehow or another, it’s become customary for these girls to wear a hair tie scrunchie on one ankle. I often wonder how and when it became the thing to do. Most likely, someone got tired of their scrunchie falling of their ponytail and decided to keep it on her ankle. Then, perhaps, another girl noticed it, and thought it was “the” thing to do....and on and on till they created the trademark that denotes their status.
Cady admires these girls. So, tonight, she took a scrunchie and placed it on her ankle before leaving for gymnastics. We might need a few more scrunchies soon. She really wants to be a Superkid.

It was difficult to cut 50 minutes of video into a more viewable timeframe, so this took a lot longer than planned. All the same, here is Cady’s first “Olympic” performance from September

I've done my share of observing children, and their interests. I've had my hand in raising 3 step children with my ex-husband, and raised my own son who's now 24 years old. They've all shown interest and talent in certain activities, and done quite well at them.

And by the second day we were in China with Cady, we knew from her movements and her grace, and her body form that gymnastics was something she would grab onto and never want to let go of.

I took her to her second gymnastics session today, and she was like a thoroughbred biting at the bit to get out of the gate. She sat there, attentively, and watched the teacher jump on the trampoline then summersault off the mat, and walk backward on the balance beam. At least once every 30 seconds, Cady would jump up onto her hands, and squirms her feet around in the air while she waited her turn to copy the teacher. She is so precise in her mimicking that, with just a little practice, she "gets it".

She's cautious at first, but the second time around, she is extremely confident. With a little help, she was flipping over the lower uneven bar. And pulling herself up on the rings while her legs and feet came straight over a lower bar. And when she runs with her hands on her hips, she looks like she's ready to do a floor exercise.

The Tot's class is just to get them to feel comfortable with their large motor skills, and next it will be Kindertots.....same thing really, but more "fun" But when she turns 6, look out world! This Gymnastics place is fairly close to where we live, so as long as she shows interest, she will go there, and I'm going to be excited to see if she wants to compete as she gets older. Two of the girls at this place recently earned scholarships to an out of state University because of their ability to compete. Wouldn't be so bad.

And better late than never...
Here are some Easter pictures from last weekend