Recent content by purplesunflowers

Hi All, Our oldest daughter moved last January from artistic gymnastics to Tumbling and trampoline, so I'm more familiar with artistic than tumbling. She is moving to Sub Advanced on most (all?) events this year in USTA. My question is with USAG and mobility. She wouldn't be able to just...

Thanks for the assurances, I hope that this won't upset her enough that she'll quit trying. It's just hard seeing her so happy that she was finally "getting there" again and the sadness I saw the other night when she realized that all the other kids were going at a different time. One of them...

Hi All, Maybe I just need to come to terms with this and assurances that the right thing is being done here. Our daughter had an awesome competitive season last fall... up until State, when she developed a mental block and lost a (key) skill on the floor. She went on to win one event at...

I will say that it is the "Dazzling" leotard with the mesh sleeves from the Alpha Factor website. Women's - Long Sleeve Leotards... a lot like the purple version that they show when you click on the "Dazzling" picture.

Yup, I understand that they don't want gossip. But one time, years ago, a parent came home from evaluation day (when they decide if your child moves to the next level or not) and posted on her FB page "Sooo frustrated." People in the comments asked what was up, she said "I'll call you." A few...

I can't WAIT to see what a $300 leo looks like in person (optionals).

Ohh... $120 for a beat up leo in the incorrect size?! That would irritate me to NO END! Ours is a bit big, but the gym was somehow able to change 2 other people's orders yet not ours. :( I suppose we might be laughing in the end though, because at least it will still fit next year. I don't...

hehe! $197 I could DO LOL! That's more like what we paid LAST YEAR! I think I'd be venting less if I thought I could actually make it last a few years... but even with silk kid gloves I don't see it making it through.

Competition leotards. I love the ones that our gym ordered this year, I really do. Nice choice. However... We paid close to $200 for the dang suckers AND they have a very delicate fabric on the sleeves, which makes them just about unwashable. And they're supposed to last a few years. I'm afraid...

Thanks all!!! What I DON'T want to happen is a bunch of new L4's move into the level... and they completely stop all L5 uptraining in the fall. That would be upsetting to me... Because DD would be very very bored.

Ok... Now to talk to DD and DH... and older DD. I think I need to remind her how great it would have been to place in the top. I alsow am still meeting with the other gym tonight to ask about older DD who IS moving to L5... then tomorrow I talk to current gym. I want to make sure that they...

I've been trying to encourage her to at least say "hi" to the coach and to smile for awhile now. She'll stand and WANT to talk to her teammates, but I can see the struggle. She loved competing and is proud of her medals. So, I guess I struggle with how I think she's being percieved a bit. I...

I'll let you know my "gut" reaction now, that I had before posting. :) I'M leaning towards keeping her at current gym, but DH and older DD don't agree with me at ALL. I was leaning the other direction earlier in the week (moving), but have done a LOT of thinking about this and have tried to...

Since JANUARY, I mean. The other gym started working L5 skills exclusively in January. :)

I know that I have posted something similar in the parent forum, but I'm still wrestling with what to do in this situation. DD is 8 and competed L4 last year. Did fairly well, above 35 at state. She was expecting to move to L5 as half her class did, but she didn't. And she also didn't move up...