Hi guys! I haven't been here in a while so I thought I'd drop in and say hi!! Dani has been very busy with dance team this winter. She is LOVING dance team and is really growing as a dancer. She is competing in 2 contemporary/lyrical dances, 1 jazz production dance and her contemporary/pointe...
Anyone remember these Susie videos from a while back???
My Susie - The Most Talented Gymnast Ever | Xtranormal
And the original - When will Susie Start Kipping??
When Will My Susie Start Kipping? | Xtranormal
Hi All! It's been a while since I last posted. I wanted to give you all an update since the summer. Dani has been very busy with Dance Team and Nutcracker (rehearsals just started last weekend). Dani is very excited for this upcoming dance season--it will be her first and she gets to do a...
Hi all! I wanted to give an update on Dani and what she has been up to the past year. Dani officially quit gym in October 2011 and has been dancing non-stop since then. In May she performed in her ballet studio's production of The Wizard of Oz. She had a blast! It was a small cast so many of the...
I thought it would be fun to start a new thread on the topic of "Life after Gym" :). There are quite a few members on CB who's dds have transitioned out of gymnastics (and survived LOL). Mine has been out of gymnastics for about 3 months now and is doing great. She has filled her time with dance...
Hi All,
I just wanted to stop by and give an update on Dani's ballet and dance since quitting gym. Her 3 Nutcracker performances were the weekend of Dec 16th (one show Fri, Sat and Sun). Dani was lead off and performed Clara on Friday night. She did AMAZING!!! I was so proud of her!! Going...
I know some of you have been asking for me to keep you all updated on Dani's dancing since she quit gym. Her ballet company did a performance at a museum this past weekend and I was able to get some video. Here is her doing a Clara scene from The Nutcracker. Instead of using a nutcracker to...
I wanted to tell you all that Dani will be stopping gymnastics at the end of this month (Saturday is her last practice). We have put a tremendous amount of thought and consideration into this and kind of knew the end was nearing soon. We have just decided that with all her dance classes, school...
I have taken Bog's suggestion and started a new thread :). There has been some discussion on schedules and how many hours gymnasts train and there has been a wide variety in the amount of hours. I am guessing that there is no set magic number of how many training hours is "best" because each...
Dani's team just had a mock meet. Went very well and gave the new kids a chance to see what the meets will be like. Everyone had a great time--great group of kids!! Here is the video I put together of Dani's routines.
http://youtu.be/sAieg4rxJVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAieg4rxJVs...
Dani was chosen for the part of Clara in her ballet studio's Nutcracker :D!!!! She is beyond thrilled, excited and just over the moon!!! She was hoping for the part of Fritz and not even expecting Clara at all. And with all the girls that tried out and the number of girls that are a little older...
Since summer is coming to an end and most kids do a lot of growing over the summer, I was wondering if any of your gymmies have hit a growth spurt this summer and how much did they grow? My dd is 12 (will turn 13 in January) and she hasn't grown much this summer. Puberty hasn't hit yet and am...
I thought it would be fun to share what dd has been doing in ballet so far. The classes are very small so she gets a lot of individualized attention. In this video, 2 of the the students were on vacation so it was just dd and another student. They choreographed this piece by themselves during...
This is a bit off topic but wanted to share anyway. DD had SO MUCH FUN doing this musical theatre camp! They did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and it ran for three weeks and on the last two nights, they did two performances.
Here are a few clips from what I was able to videotape...
I wanted to take a minute and share some sad news that people may not have heard about. Last week, the gymnastics world lost a Level 10, 16 year old gymnast named Gina Morri. Last Tuesday, she was out on a training run with her gymnastics team and was hit by a dump truck. She was rushed to the...
After reading some threads and parenting articles that have been floating around the web, a friend of mine and I were talking about the fact that nowadays it seems like "being the youngest" in any given sport, activity, or situation is all the rage. It's not so much that a child is good at a...
This was posted a few years ago and originally geared towards Cheer Moms, but I editted it to reflect Gym Moms. Please read with a grain of salt ;).
First season: first season gymmie is clueless, and mom is clueless. It's all fun and games. The novelty comes from wearing a leo at a young age...
Dani had a good solid meet. It wasn't her best but it also wasn't her worst either. She had a weird flukey thing happen on beam right at the start but managed to pull it together and continue with a great routine! We always want our kids to do their best at championships or States score and...
Dani had an awesome meet!!!
First up was floor--she hit a clean routine for an 8.80 and 6th place! :D
Vault was next. The springboard seemed kind of far away from the vault and it was giving her some problems--lots of balks in warm-ups. But, when it was her turn, she hit two awesome vaults...