As I mentioned in my previous post, yesterday was Emma's first level 7 meet. The day turned out to pretty much revolve around gymnastics fun. You can click the collage for a few action shots of Emma from the day. Emma's group competed in the morning, then we went out to lunch with my parents...
After lunch, Emma's friend and teammate, Anastasia came over to our house so the girls could make motivational t-shirts. This is something they have been asking me to do for weeks at practice.
For dinner, the girls wanted gymnast and star shaped pasta, which we can thank our pasta fundraiser for the super fun shapes! We later returned to the meet for the evening session to watch their friend, Hallie compete.
Emma and her two friends from gymnastics, Anastasia and Khalizstall, refer to themselves as Hopis {pronounced Hope- E plural}. I'm not sure if this is an actual gymnastics thing, or something they just made up. They send each other encouraging notes and sign all of them L9H, which stands for Level 9 Hopi. Another thing I am not sure about is their pre-occupation with Level 9, as there are 10 levels and the gymnasts who appear on tv are the highest level a gymnast can reach, called Elite. But for now, the girls have their focus set on achieving level 9. The above is a picture of what I mistakenly called their "code" but then they pointed out to me near the bottom of the page that they had used a stronger word than code: it's their law.
Any gymnast who wants to get better should stand next to these girls. Their "laws" as listed above are not only pretty good goals for gymnastics, but for life as well.
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I love that about gymnastics... it teaches so many things that not only help them become successful gymnasts, but successful adults :) PS- still waiting for a video :) So wish we lived close enough to come watch a meet!!
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