Our Little Girl is a Kona Aerials Gymnast

Jillian has graduated to Kindergym, the bigger kid gymnastics class. She is working on her stretches in this photo. Isn't she just the cutest thing? And tiny too, right? She is four years old, weighs less than 30 lbs and most 3T clothes are still too big.

In this picture she is working on her jumps on the tumble track. There is no parent participation in this class. In fact, the parents are no longer allowed on the floor and if a child walks off the floor to see a parent they are usually done with class. There were a few days, that Jillian would come see me to fix her hair. When she tumbles her ponytail falls out. We started braiding her ponytail and that fixed that! :)

Coach Sierra is helping Jill with a bridge. We LOVE Coach Sierra - she is Jill's favorite. And she is also the toughest. I am so glad we first attended Tumble Bears - this class introduced gymnastics to the little ones and taught basic skills, with help from the parents. In the little class, the coaches let Jillian do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. It was a really laid back class focused on fun as the top priority. In the bigger class, there can be up to 14 kids per 2 coaches and no other adults. So, the coaches have to be strict to maintain safety. I am thankful that Jillian had the time in Tumble Bears to bond with Coach Sierra before moving on to Kindergym, where Sierra is an awesome, very tough teacher. One class Jillian had to have a time-out and skip her turn in the rotation on bar work because every time Sierra turned her back, Jillian ran away to be ornery.

Sierra is helping Jillian with a back bend pike over. Very Fun.

Coach Nanette - this is her gym- is helping Jillian with a forward roll on the beam. We love her too - she is also great and also strict. I think this is what Jillian needs. Out of all the adults in her life; between her school teacher, music teacher and gymnastics coaches, she responds the best to her tough gymnastics coaches.

A few weeks ago, Jillian was in a mood when I took her to music class. She did not want to listen to Miss Mary. Miss Mary asked very sweetly throughout the class for Jillian to do / not to do certain things and Jillian was like whatever! When Jillian is in a mood at gymnastics she is still expected to listen and do what she is told - anything else is simply not tolerated.