Medal Ceremony

Eva receiving her first place medal

An Exciting Saturday

This morning Eva had a gymnastics "fun competition". It was awesome. Here's a video of her doing her thing (the funny noises are from Micah who wanted to be held). She did great! She is gaining such confidence lately!


Eva doing her thing

After that she had a birthday party for our neighbor and friend Corrina, who turns 6 today. She loved the bowling. And while she has gained lots of social confidence, she wasn't particularly social. I am sure that will come!

Gymfantastics

There is nothing better than watching your daughter perform on the big stage. She was tumbling, balancing, cartwheeling and smiling. She scored 9 out of 10. I was yelling at the judges because she should have received at least a 9.5. I blame it on the Russian judge. Everyone received a first place medal which was cool. They all got to go on the podium and a man put the medal around their neck...Very funny.

Now that I'm not playing competitive sport I hope I don't live vicariously through my kids. But I gotta tell ya, I was all jacked up watching her compete. I even was coaching her this afternoon on the trampoline. It will be fun to see both Micah and Eva competing in the future. I hope I never miss a game or competition.

Christmas Pageant

Eva with teacher Bertha
doing her routine
with classmate Rachel

Today was Eva's gymnastics Christmas pageant. When I first found out about it I wasn't sure she would even participate... the associated costs were not cheap. But was it ever worth it! It was a very meaningful day.

The recital was at a gorgeous theatre downtown. Reminded me of the Walker Theatre in Winnipeg. The lighting, set, costumes and correography were very good. The sound tech needed a little more practice. Eva and three other little girls did a demo and routine right at the beginning of the show. I thought my face would split in half I was smiling so hard. Then tears started to well up! Who knew I'd get so emotional?

Eva did really well and was sooo cute. She was the youngest performer and, I think, absolutely adorable. I had told her where we would be sitting so she was looking for us. But of course it was too dark where we were. So she calls out, "Mommy, I can't see you." She did the routine quite well but was concentrating too hard to smile. The rest of the show was very enjoyable, and it was less than 2 hours long. Some of the kids had impressive skill! The costumes were all beautiful. Micah enjoyed about an hour then Andrew took him home.

At the end all of the gymnasts came out for their bows, then they dropped balloons on them. Eva's teacher gave her a pillow she had made and on which she had embroidered "Eva". So sweet! Rosemary and Lisa came to watch and gave Eva a bag of treats. Between bites Eva chattered all the way home about the pageant and what had happened backstage during the show, and when we got home she "did my hair", putting it in piggy tails with the special ribbons and glitter gel. The day made a big impact on her.