Big Finale!

The big gymnastics show was last week and it generated quite a bit of excitement! Sweetie didn't want to participate but the other two were raring to go! It was a well attended event and we had a hard time finding a spot to sit in the bleachers. Once we did get up there, it got hot pretty quickly. The youngest kids went first so we didn't have long to wait to see our "stars". They ran through a whole bunch of equipment, starting off on the balance beam. Lovey had to walk across the whole thing backwards by HERSELF! You could tell she & Honey were pumped up, they were practically hopping with excitement and halfway across, Lovey stopped, turned to look for us in the stands and gave us THE biggest smile and a happy wave, then continued on. Unfortunately, there wasn't anyone positioned at the end of the beam to let them know when they got there and she fell off the end but didn't hit anything on the way down so just landed on the mats.

Honey worked her way around the circuit much as you'd expect, carefully and thoroughly but not without great enthusiasm! All through supper she talked about the show and was "so excited about the show!" and wanted to hurry so she wouldn't be late for the show etc. I thought Sweetie might change her mind but she was steadfast against it so we didn't push it.

Once their part was over, they sat with their coaches and watched the rest and it was pretty amazing to see the competitive teams fly around on the bars and for the floor routines. Wow. Sweetie sat up in her seat and her jaw dropped as she saw some of the moves! (this was in between complaints of boredom and being too hot, too sleepy, too thirsty etc)

Earlier in the day we'd gone to see the movie "Up!" at the theatre with Teena, Boo, Yvonne's two girls (she had errands to run for her big conference) annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd Babycakes!!! Summer vacation means she has more time to hang out with us so she was able to come to the show, and then helped me take my girls shopping for new sneakers and came home with us for supper and came to the gymnastics show! We got to hang out with all our favourite friends today, a very big bonus!