Well we are just about finishing up our crazy weekend of kids' extracurricular activities (Ben and Miles are still driving home). Emmy and Lucy had gym meets, Miles had a mountain bike race, and Jonas had a school activity night that he helped out running as he is part of STUCO (student council). We lucked out in that Ben was able to get Friday off as there were no cases scheduled at the surgery center. So I left at about 12 with the girls - to Aspen. Ben and Miles headed out about 12:30 to Eagle. We met up that night in Glenwood, which was sort of in the middle - about 50 minutes from Aspen and 30 from Eagle. We stayed at a hotel there.
Lucy's team - the level 3s - were schedule to compete on Sunday (tomorrow). However, we had already made the choice that we wouldn't compete, etc. on Sundays, so this was out of the question. Yet, Lucy still was super-sad about it and had a little cry in the bathroom at gym when she found out (per Emmy). Coach Kirk, however, managed to get Lucy in the first session of Level 3s on Friday afternoon. So cute little Lucy was the lone representative from Snow Shadow Gymnastics. She was a little nervous during the week, maybe a bit more nervous right before, but seemed to calm down and enjoy herself at the meet!
She did well and had fun - a win-win. She started off on the bars and earned an 8.0. On to beam where she got a 7.9. Next was floor - 8.3. Finally vault - 9.0. The other teams there were really, really good and there were lots of scores of 9.0 and above. In fact, the all-around winner got a 38.85. Crazy. Lucy's all-around was a 33.2. Go Lucy!
Here we are heading in to the gym! I had pulled the girls out of school and we drove away from there. There were no bathrooms available early at the gym, so we found the local library (it was awesome!) and Lucy changed there. I then braided her hair while she read some books. Awesome. :)
The lone gymnast!
Lucy tagged along with the black and pink team - Mountain Gymnastics, from Boulder. They were super sweet to her and by the end were cheering her on, "Go Lucy!" The coaches high-fived her at the end. Another coach came up afterwards and told her he was impressed with her doing it alone (i.e., no teammates) and loved her smile and that she was the funnest gymnast to watch. :)
So she ended up getting a silver medal in all-around. How this gym did awards was this: anyone with an all-around less than or equal to 31.9 received a bronze medal, 32-34.9 received a silver, and 35 and over won a gold medal. It was actually kind of cool. They didn't do individual event medals, but each child received a ribbon after each event that went in to their envelope (so, a 9.0 and higher = blue ribbon, a 8.0 - 8.9 = red ribbon, 7.0 - 7.9 = yellow ribbon, etc.).
Lucy and Coach Kirk!
Lucy was really proud of her performance, and said just that as we walked out of the meet. She definitely had a great time!
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What a brave girl! This gymnastics thing looks fun. :)
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