Drew Gymnastics

Drew is really close to doing a cartwheel on her own! I think she prefers the classes with her friends, but these classes with Ms. Becca on her own are so helpful and she improves leaps and bounds in one 30 minute session! Plus, we had to do a private session this week since her group class was cancelled due to ... bad weather? I say it that way because it was 36 degrees out, no snow.. no rain.. and schools and businesses closed due to bad weather! You have got to love the south! :) 

We LOVE Ms Becca because she truly gets excited to teach Drew new things! Drew just learned to do a 'bridge' last week and is already getting to learn to walk over in her bridge!

First thing when she got to class today and they started working on the bars Drew said "Ms Becca, I want to do EVERYTHING by myself today!" and Ms Becca really did let her do a lot of it on her own! She even let her jump onto the low bar, do her 3 swings and then go up into a "Soul Hang". Ms Becca's jaw dropped when she actually did it! Sadly, Clint was running around so I missed a video of that!

I have already scouted out a new gym for when we move! I just pray we also find a new Ms Becca!

January weather... 70 and sunny??

Drew using her new sidewalk chalk (thanks Opa!) to do some hopscotch!

And, Clinton riding his pink princess mobile!

Drew's 3rd Birthday Party

                                                 Showing off her gymnastics!

I love how Drew cheers for her brother!

 

Drew loved being sung to, again this year!!

 

Clinton, 13 months!

Clint's new squeakers shoes! He loves making noise!

Drew's Gymnastics

Drew on the bars

Drew doing the vault, her new favorite!

Drew had her big gymnastics performance today! I don't know when I have been more excited (her Christmas performance for school, probably...).

Her entrance!

Doing the balance beam!

Bear crawl on the bars!

The uneven bars! :)

TA-DA!

Straddle rolls 

I don't remember what this one is called...

and the bow!

She was wearing her awesome new leotard and looked amazing! She was so ready and had practiced so hard! What happened next will NOT happen when she reaches the Olympic level, I am certain... I don't want to say she "choked" per se... She had watched a class before her and was fine, she walked out onto the floor with her class and was fine, and she sat by the bars, waiting her turn and (we thought) was FINE. She turned to look at us, and her whole face was red trying to choke back tears! It was SO sad! Our shy girl didn't know what to do with all of those people watching her! She ran over to me and we talked to her and told her that the other people were there watching their kids, but we were the only ones watching her. She recovered nicely and was able to do all of the performances while only being mildly distracted! :)

She did have a minor wardrobe malfunction and Ms. Becka was very helpful and discrete for the most part but I was able to catch this shot! And the video below further shows off her mad skills AND cute tush-magee!

 

 

 

Halloween 2012

Drew was SO excited to go trick or treating, even though the only thing she knew was that she got to be "Gabby" and she got to carry her blue "basket"!

Little miss sassy frass!

At Drew and Bri's; always our first stop!

Clint wanted in on the action!

Drew, Bri and Emerson!

I love a good theme! Since Drew wanted to be Gabby, we all had to be olympians! We aren't certain which sport we all competed in, but we all got a gold!

 

October

 

Drew built that whole tower IN the block box. Such a good idea! :)

Drew's first ever clip on earings from Great-Oma! She LOVES them!

Drew was scared of the "yucky stuff" inside pumpkins at first, but once she realized it was just a little cold, she LOVED it and she scooped out my WHOLE pumpkin!

Clint loves resting his head on all things soft. He had been resting his head on Drew's chair and I missed getting a picture of it but this was a pretty cute consolation picture!

Clint wanted in on the action!

He wouldn't put his arms down-he was doing the Frankenstein! Such a doll!!

 

A cute walking video!

Drew at her pre-school parade!

She did SUCH a good job!

She is, very obviously, dressed as Gabby Douglas, the Olympic Gymnast!

Here is Drew and Ms Amy, her teacher!

 

Walking in the parade!! We were SOOOO proud of her!!

 

I got some other great videos of Clint but if they are over 30 seconds, I am not able to load them. I will try to load them to youtube and see if I can import the link onto the blog!