Nick picked up a flier for a free cheer clinic when we were at a local festival a couple of weeks ago, and Emmy agreed to go without any hesitation. It was scheduled from nine to noon on a Saturday morning, and I was near certain that she wouldn't last until the end. Boy, did she prove me wrong! She was most attentive and participatory for the first hour, but she stayed out on the mats for the duration, even if she was engaged in the cheer equivalent to "chasing butterflies" on a sports field. The coaches were infinitely patient, particularly those responsible for the 3-5 year old group, and did their best to teach a very basic cheer, dance, jumps and a stunt. When it became clear that the kids were losing focus, they inserted a fun game to help get extraneous wiggles out. I was hugely impressed! Emmy's very favorite part of the class was playing the game "Little Sally Walker," it barely took the first verse of the song for me to recall the rest of the words from my own days at cheer camp. (I pretty much had it stuck in my head the rest of the day, subsequently, so did Nick.) I happened to catch Emmy's turn in the middle of the circle on video and even though she was paralyzed by her shyness at the time, she watches the clip over and over on my phone with a goofy grin on her face. :)
When I asked Emmy if she was game for a Mommy and Me gymnastics class this summer, she responded with a resounding "YES!" Lets hope that there isn't much required from the Mommies, though, because I'm not nearly as nimble these days as I used to be.
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| Emmy (in the bright pink tank top) was working on her "T." |
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| Practicing a jump! |
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| Emmy at the top of the stunt! :) |
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| "Chasing butterflies." |
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