virginia beach, VA gymnast's mom

[beachtumble]

Hello. First time on this site. Are there any other VA gymnastics parents on this forum?

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Virginia Beach?

What gym are you at? I have some friends up in VA.

Anyway, welcome to the chalk bucket.

[JBS]

Welcome to The Chalk Bucket. I'm sure we'll get some more people from that area pretty soon...we seem to be growing. Tell some of the other parent's at your gym about this site.

[beachtumble]

We are at Gymstrada in Va Beach.

[Tumblequeensmom]

Hi.. my first post here... my daughter is at Capital Gymnastics in Virginia! We were just at the Judge's Cup in Virginia Beach!

[Megley]

Hi, I'm Meg also from Virginia Beach and also at Gymstrada. I think I recognize the picture of your daughter - she works out at Hilltop is a Level 4 right? I think I saw you at the gym yesterday when you were doing a make up. We work out at Hilltop too but L is in Juniors right now and will be moving to Level 4 this summer so we may be seeing you more often. Your daughter will be moving to Level 5, right?

Nice to "see" you on line.

Meg

[JBS]

WOW...lots of Virginia here!

[beachtumble]

Hi Meg. Yes, my 6 yr old, daughter, is a level 4 at Gymstrada. She practices at Hilltop during the week and at Kempsville on Saturdays. I am not sure if she will be a level 5 next year. We will wait and see what the coaches recommend. I think we may have been introduced before...does that sound right to you? We were there this past Tues. as they did not have a Sat. practice last wknd. I have never been on a discussion site like this. It is all new to me. How long have you all been w/ Gymstrada? My daughter has enjoyed it a lot, but lately she has been tired after recovering from Strep-throat and the stomach bug two weeks ago. She will have had practice M, T, W, F, & Sa this week. Our next meet is in Chesapeake, St. Patty's wknd. A lot of the girls have been out sick lately at the gym. I hope our girls get healthy soon. Was L hit with any of it? I received an email from another level 4 mom today regarding her d having the stomach flu now. I think we are finally on the mend in our household. My d just needs to get a little rest. Nice talking to you. Take care. Ginger

[Megley]

Hi Ginger! I think we have been introduced. Is your daughter S? If so, I think I may have met you at G's birthday party last year at the PA Rec Center. I heard that strep and the stomach flu had swept through the Level 4 team. Oddly enough, my two older kids got strep but not L. I am wondering whether my son picked it up out at Kempsville. He's on preteam out there. I hope your daughter is feeling better soon. I can imagine all that practicing must be difficult. I was just talking to a Level 5 Mom last night who was upset that they are going to have to practice Thursday and Friday nights til 8:00 p.m. and Saturday morning starting at 8:00 a.m. I'm sure that will be hard for the girls. You sometimes forget that they are only little kids still. I am a bit worried about L going to 12 hours this summer but hopefully without school to deal with, she will be okay. Next year should be okay for her too since she will be in afternoon Kindergarten so she can sleep as late as she wants during the week!

Good luck at the meet next weekend. I think I might take L out to watch some of it so maybe I will see you and we can reintroduce ourselves.

Meg

[beachtumble]

Hello Tumblequeen's Mom. I read that your daughter is 12 years old/ Level 4. It is nice to meet you. My daughter, S, is 6 yrs old/ Level 4. She did attend the Judge's Cup at OLHS as well. Not her best meet though. Her section was that Sun. night at 5:30 pm. We didn't finish up there until a few mins after 10 pm. She was really worn-out the next day. Luckily we live at the Beach and didn't have to drive far. She got to sleep close to 11 pm and had to be up at 6:30 am the next day for school. I think most of the gyms that had a distance to travel probably competed on Sat. or earlier that Sun. I probably should have had my daughter skip that meet. She had a touch of the stomach flu the day before and was still recovering from Strep and with it being so late in the evening...poor judgment on mom's part. she just really wanted to go! Oh well, live and learn. How has your daughter liked her 1st season of competition? ginger