Gymnastics and Monkey Bars

Ellie started a gymnastic class in January and she loves it. It's her favorite part of the weekend by far. The way the class is set up is not ideal for paparazzi parents, but you'll get the general idea...




They do lots of things other than the balance beam, but it's crazy hard to get their picture. Forward rolls, backward rolls, donkey kicks (she LOVES these), running and jumping off the springboard, hanging from the bars...I wanted to take pictures and post about her gymnastics class after the first class, but Ellie had other plans. She desperately wanted to have a leotard like the other girls before I took her picture and shared it on the blog. And, for the record, she chose this leotard from an entire website of gymnastics leotards...discarding all of the solid colors of course. This girl has style!

Ellie has a big accomplishment to share...she has mastered the monkey bars. Not ALL monkey bars, but the old fashioned, "little kid" monkey bars as you'll see in this video - she's got them covered. Just ask - she's dying to show you.