Friday, October 29, 2010

Gymnastics Competitions

Aubrey made the Level 2 Team at Bannon's Gymnastix. What that means is she practices Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 hours each day, mom and dad joined the booster club (20 volunteer hours), we purchase this beautiful leotard... ...with matching scrunchies...
...we purchase a warm-up outfit that she wears to the meets, for the award cermony and back home...
...we purchase this coordinating bag with Bannon's and her name on it...
...and she competes in 5 meets at different local gyms during the girls meet season (August thru December.)
Most of the sessions for her level were either early in the morning or later at night so one of us took her and the other stayed home with the rest of the kiddos. But we were cheering her on in spirit the whole time!
She competes in all four events -- floor, bars, beam and vault. Each girl does the exact same routine choreographed for their level for each event and every meet.
Ellery and Madeline are two of Aubrey's friends on her team. We have gotten close to both of their families with all of the time we have spent together at practice and competitions.Warming up for the big event.
Every meet each girl leaves with a medal and 4 ribbons (one for each event.) The color of the ribbon varies depending on their score from the event. We ended the season with LOTS of red and blue ribbons.

We are extremely proud of our little gymnast because of her hard work and determination. She is an incredible athelete but more importantly to us is that she LOVES it! She is looking forward to learning her Level 3 routines and doing this all again next year.

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