Gymnastics

One of Elliette's favorite activities in Georgia was gymnastics. I decided to sign the girls up for the City of Aurora's summer program. They are both in the parent/tot class this summer, and Elliette will start the three-year-old class in the fall.

I love the program! The girls' teacher is great. She is so enthusiastic, and she is patient with the kiddos. The gym is nice and clean. The girls are learning and having fun each week.

Of course, there are times that Cadence just doesn't want to participate!

Elliette loves to jump off of the balance beam and yell "Superstar!" She said she learned it at her class in Georgia.

Every week the girls get stamps from their teacher.

One of my favorite things about the City of Aurora's program is that the recreation center is attached to a great little park! I try to pack our lunches for a picnic after gymnastics each week.

Elliette has gotten really brave when climbing and playing on the playscape. Cadence has always been pretty fearless. On the day that I took these pictures, Cadence did a front-flip off of the platform (the one right behind Elliette's head in this picture) and landed right on her back. Thankfully she didn't hit her face on the spiraly-thing, and she didn't land on her head! Between her front dive off of the playscape and Elliette's black eye, I really felt like Mother of the Year!

There is a big open space by the park for us to explore nature.