Kari's Turn!

Who's the cutest girl in the gym?  This girl!

Last Saturday, it was Kari's turn to shine!  We all came out to see her perform in her gymnastics "spectacular!"  As my brother said, it was cuteness extraordinaire!

It was also super hot in the gym.  Thankfully, they had the little ones (aka "Big Dippers") went first.  Normally, Kari's class is in the smaller, preschool gym and they rotate through circuits and have a theme for each week.  To make it as familiar as possible for the little ones, they still set up a circuit and Kari hammed it up for everyone!  She had a BLAST.  It was so cute!

 After they were done, each of the children were announced and got a medal.  Kari had seen Emily and Christian get medals and applause for their activities, and now it was her turn.  She was very proud, indeed.

This picture just makes me laugh :-)

 Once Kari's performance was over, we got the heck out of Dodge (the gym was so warm!).  We snapped a couple of group shots and called it a day!  (I was smart and had hired a sitter while Juliana was at home napping, but Kari had missed her nap and was pretty beat.)

Thanks, everyone, for coming out on Kari's big day!  She was so happy and excited to hear her family cheering her on!

Fantastic Gymnastic

Back in August, Kari started gymnastics!  To say that she loves it would be an understatement.  Every day, she asks, "'Nastics day, Mommy?"  I'm so happy she loves her little class!  (And isn't Kari in her little leotard the cutest thing??!)

 The gym she attends is extremely organized and well-run.  Each week they have a theme and incorporate it into the different apparatuses (did I spell that right??); it keeps it fresh for the kids.

 Kari has two teachers who divide the class of 6-8 children into two groups.  The preschool room (which is smaller and set apart from the big gym) is divided in half and they run one side of the room's circut for half of the class and the other side's circut for the 2nd half of class.

 Kari's teachers are very patient (and they have to be to work with 2 1/2-4 yr olds!) and Kari is learning so many great skills!

Great job, sweetheart!  Keep up the good work!