Our little Hot Shot

Avery's first Hot Shots class was last week. We stayed and watched the whole two hour class, even though about halfway through, Rhys started asking to "go home without Avery". Hehe! The first hour of the class was all conditioning - sit ups, chin ups, lunges, running, etc. As we watched, I was just sure that this wasn't what Avery had in mind. The second hour, they started doing gymnastics, and they were working on back walkovers and bridge-kickovers. Some of the girls could already do them, and some couldn't. Avery had never really worked on them before. They had her doing them off a high mat, then they moved her to a much smaller mat, since she was doing them very easily. She could still do them off the lower mat, so she moved to the floor. She was trying so hard! It was both heartbreaking and heartwarming to see her work so hard. I could see her talking to herself with little clenched fists, saying, "I can do it! I can do it!" Tears started streaming down her face. I kept watching through the window, and was so thrilled to see her succeed in kicking over on the floor! She was so proud of herself, I thought she might burst!

So after all this, I wasn't sure if this is what she wanted from gymnastics. I kind of expected her to come out and tell me that she wanted to go back to her old class, where it was all fun and not nearly as much work. Boy, was I wrong! She loved it!!