Madelyn at gymnastics

I had no intentions of signing Madelyn up for gymnastics at this age, but when we showed up and there were two little 3 year olds in the pre-school class going on during Ella's gymnastics, I just couldn't resist.  For once in her life, she could have the chance to be doing something fun, instead of just watching her brother and sister.  She COULD NOT wait for her turn to do gymnastics.  On her first day she had a hard time figuring out the concept of "stations".  She had only known open gym, and this coupled with a natural 3-year old attention span didn't go so well.  She did something one time and then was ready to move on to the next more exciting thing.  She was basically running wild in the gym, but her coach is awesome with her and just kept reeling her back in.  After that first hour, I was sure he was going to boot her right out.  I later learned that the other 2 girls in the class had already done a year of gymnastics in a parent/child class.  Coach David said he already had them trained like little puppies.  Clearly Madelyn needed a little work in that area.  But he insisted that she would catch on, after all she has been watching Ella for a year now.  He was right, already the next week she stayed on task much better!  She has a huge smile on her face the ENTIRE time.  She absolutely loves it.  She loves being a big kid!