Gymnastics Spring Spectacular! (w/Video)

Saturday morning was the "Spring Spectacular" at Briana gymnastics center. It is basically a showcase for all the kids at the gymnastics center to show off what they learned this past year. Briana is in the youngest group of kids, so they were scheduled first thing in the morning. And boy, did they show their stuff!

The showcase started off with dancing and hoola hooping. Then all the kids climbed on a big slide made out of mats and slid into a foam pit. Briana did that about 7 or 8 times without breaking a sweat. By the 5th or 6th time, she started adding twirls as she slid down the mat into the pit. (She doesn't like to show off or anything.)

They then moved on to the circuit with bars, beams, ladders, etc. Lastly, the kids did a little floor exercise. During all this, Briana was um, let's say pretty good, at following directions. As you all know, Briana listens better to the voice in her own head. ;)

At the end, all the kids got a medal with a purple ribbon. So, Briana calls it her "purple medal". What made the day even more special was that Laney participated in the showcase with Briana and they had on the same leotard (not planned either)! They were so cute together and did such a great job! Laney has made gymnastics so much fun for Briana!

Here are the stars of the show!

Here are me, Briana, Angela and Laney before the showcase. (Angela did a great post on the showcase as well.)

Briana with her teacher Ms. Jennifer. Bri loves Ms. Jennifer.

And here is a video of the highlights of the day. I didn't realize how many times Briana fell to the floor with excitement until I saw the pictures. Good grief. She is on the floor about a million times with a huge smile. Ahhh, that's my girl...

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(Crud - I realized I spelled "Spectacular" wrong in the video after I uploaded it. Oh well.)