Our gymnast

Mckenna is a natural born gymnastic. She can't go from point A to point B without doing a round off or flipping over some object. She recently was asked to move up to a more advanced class and on Wednesday she was asked to be evaluated for a preteam class.

Brad can't even touch his toes...so he is always amazed at his daughters flexibility!

One of her favorite activities is to see how fast she can climb the rope and touch the ceiling. I'm always a little nervous she is going to let go at the top in order to cheer for herself and make the long drop to the pit below...even if it's full of foam cubes it is still far!
Waiting her turn...gymnastics (sometimes) brings out an attention and focus in Mckenna that I don't see anywhere else...I wonder if this will be something she really excels at as she gets older.

Working on the bar...she wasn't able to do her back flip successfully for the evaluation despite having done it several times in the past. I don't know if it was nerves or if she was just tired at this point...regardless, she wouldn't move to preteam until July so she will be evaluated next month. She has to be able to do this flip in order to advance.

Gymnastics is a huge commitment, both financially and time. I have been dragging my feet on letting her get more involved but I hate to deny her any opportunities that come her way. Thankfully her sisters have both said they want to do something other then gymnastics...and thankfully these other activities are less expensive. That means Mckenna will continue on as the gymnast in the family while her sisters spread their wings in other arenas. That also means that mommy will be tripling my chauffeur duties and sitting on a lot of bleachers throughout the greater Northern Virgina area.