Another gymnastics Girl

You're probably thinking all I post about is my kids and their sports. Well, truth be told those activities take up a large part of our time. It's worth it though. According to research articles,

1. Children who play sports do better in school; exercise helps improve memory and concentration
2. Children who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills
3. Children who play sports have lots of health benefits, like healthy hearts
4. Playing sports builds self-confidence
5. Getting exercise is a great stress reducer and mood lifter

Okay, well it's also about lots of fun and so we put our children into activities that they will enjoy (and aren't going to break the bank or the family time).

Last year Asha did a bit of dance and quite enjoyed it. She's definitely a mover! But she found the repetition in the class "boring". We have discovered as her parents this child needs to move, so we looked for other alternatives for exercise.

Surprise surprise, she asked to do gymnastics like her sister. It made sense and logistically it made life a lot easier for us to have kids do the same activity at the same location at roughly the same time. Well, she goes 9 hours a week and loves it. She's ridiculously strong and determined, mixed with quite the competitive nature.

Asha had her first gymnastics meet a few weeks ago and did quite well. Sure, she fell off the beam and the bars, but she got right back up there. Afterwards she told me she was mad at herself for falling and therefore not placing as high in the ranks as she hoped. I told her that it was a learning experience and next time she had the opportunity to change things. I was really proud of her.

So, I'm a gymnastics mama to two girls now...