somersaults, slides, and gorgeous gymnastics

I realized that I haven’t posted any pictures of my sobrinita recently and thought that I should remedy that situation! Yesterday we brought Camille and Isabel to the pre-school open gym at International Gymnastics of MN, which is the home of my former rhythmic gymnastics team (though it's in a nice new building now, all we had back in my day was carpet pieces that we'd roll out each day wherever we happened to be practicing at the time). The girls had a great time running and jumping and climbing and rolling! Here’s a foto and a video for you all:

The rhythmic girls were practicing so we also were able to watch them do routines...Camille liked to clap at the end of each "dance." Good luck to Sarah and Michelle who are competing later this week to reclaim their spots on the National team!

(If you want to watch some routines yourself, here's a few from the Rhythmic Challenge earlier this year: Michelle's ball, hoop, rope and ribbon routines and Sarah's ball, rope and ribbon routines...if you're just going to watch one, I'd recommend Michelle's ball - it's gorgeous! When I was competing/coaching, they were just little tiny girls, and now they're grown up into some beautiful gymnasts!)

I do miss it...

PS – Jenna, Camille and Isabel came to visit me the other day and we had playtime and a picnic in a nearby park…visit Jenna’s blog to see a few pictures!