Jades Gymnastics Medal Test

This past Thursday was our parents observation day at gymnastics, this is where the parents get to watch their kids do gymnastics for an hour, not that we can't watch other times but this is from up close, we get seated in the gym itself so that's nice. That being said, I often watch Jades class from afar and I have to admit the kids, not just mine but all the kids do so much better when the parents are not sitting there watching. I guess it's a show off moment for the kids but still, Jade usually does terribly on these observation days which somewhat upsets me because it is the only day that Dave gets to see what she has learnt over the months and really what he sees is not a true reflection of it all but anyway ... half yearly the kids do this and earn a medal so it's exciting for them.

What you will see video of is Jade playing in the cheese pit on the high bars, I took pictures of her on the low bars but they didn't come out well :-( Then there is video of her doing round offs and back flips ... the latter still being assisted of course but she is close to doing it on her own :-) And then last but not least, there was a fun part at the end, the parents got to participate with the kids on the trampolines, this was so cool to watch, thank God Jade had two parents there and Dave did all the hard work even though I had a excuse not to participate (hehehe) it was fun to see him doing his thing ... I was impressed, not as much as Jade though :-)

Anyway here are two pics in the meantime, one of Jade with her medal and then one of her with her class and coach ... more to follow :-)








Here she is playing on the high bar.

This is practising round offs.

This is her practising her back flips ...

Here more back flips, she is very close to doing it unassisted ... give me strength.

Last but not least ... this is the best of all ... what a pro, Jade must take after her dad (hehehe). Well the no fear thing is definitely a Dave thing !!!

That's all folks :-) Thanks for being so patient while it took forever to load these.