Lia's Spring Gymnastics Meet

Last November, Lia participated in her first gymnastics meet.  She was really nervous during the entire day leading up to the meet and kept on worrying about how she would perform in all of her events.  Luckily, she did really well and it was very positive experience for her.  As a result, she was super excited to participate in her second meet last night.  She kept on wanting to practice her floor and beam routines around the house and I even caught her putting on her team leotard earlier in the day just for fun.  I was so relieved to see how differently she anticipated this gymnastics meet in comparison to the last one.  We packed up the family at 6 o'clock last night and headed out for the evening.  Lia did a great job and tried her hardest on all four events.  Logan found a corner to play in most of the night which made things much easier for Ron and me and little Ella hung in there like a champ even though we were at the gym well past her bedtime.  Overall, the evening was a success and I'm just so happy that Lia is enjoying a sport.

Here is Lia and one of her teammates, Morgan,getting their hair sprayed with glitter by Coach Cadence before the meet began.

Lia warming up with the rest of the girls.

Lia coming into the gym at the beginning of the meet.  

Lia's first event was beam.  Here she is waiting for her turn. 

Lia on the beam going down into the needle position.

Lia doing a passe on the beam.

And Lia jumping on the beam.

Lia's second event was the floor.  Here she is waiting for the music to start at the beginning of her routine.

Going up into a handstand. 

And finishing off a cartwheel. 

Lia walking into a chasse on her routine.  

The third event was the vault.  Here is Lia running down towards the springboard where her coach was waiting to help her.

Coach Cadence helping Lia into a handstand onto the mat.

Lia getting up off the mat.

Lia's preteam finished off the night with the bars.  Here is Lia at the beginning of her routine.

Doing a pullover with the help of Coach Cadence.

And finishing up with a straddle off the bars.

At the end of the meet, the girls were called up one at a time to get their medal and to pose on top of the blocks.  Here is my cute girl standing at the top.

Baby Ella did such a good job through the entire evening.  Here she is hanging out on some bars with papa.

A future gymnast in the making?

The entire group posing with their coaches at the end of the meet.

Lia waited in line after the meet was over for another chance to pose on the medal blocks.  I just love how this picture turned out with the balloons framing her in and the giant flag in the background.  Good job, Lia!