Gymnastics – part two

Here is Adley!  (Warning – lots more flipping and flopping!)

Hopping up on balance beam all by herself

Balance. . .

turning around

Walking backwards

cartwheel. . .

off. . .

of . . .

balance beam

ta-da!

  Ride on the rope!

A little trampoline. . .

  And a cartwheel. . .   A jump

and flip

and slide down

Some more balancing

Gymnastics

I finally remembered to take my camera to gymnastics last week so I took lots of pictures.  :-)

Warning: if you are not interested in seeing lots of sequence shots of flipping over bars, don’t bother looking.  Ha!

Here is Jaylyn:

Here is a sequence – pulling up

up some more

going around

to the other side

straightening up

bouncing. . .

off

        Another sequence: Climbing across bars to get to the foam pit

Ready. . .

Jumping from bar to another bar

Swing. .  .

and swinging back. ..

and dropping down. .  . into the pit

Some work with her teacher

Run and jump

Ready again

Woohoo!

Ready. . .

Handstand. . .

and on over onto mat

I will do Adley in another post.

Jaylyn's blog

By the way, Jaylyn has started her own blog at jaylynanaye.blogspot.com

And even though I have taken other precautions, I have password protected her blog to ease the mind of other loved ones.  :-)   I have tried to add e-mail addresses of some family, but it was acting a little crazy.  So, if you can't get on, just let me know and I will help you with that. 

Weekend Trip

Before Easter, we went up to Champaign to visit with Brett & Rachel.  We stopped in Springfield at the Lincoln Museum on our way.  It was a pretty fun weekend!

Museum

Do they look excited?

With the Lincoln family

See how tall Jaylyn is

Adley too

And Leighton!

Leighton playing with the doll house

Poppy Lincoln   Adley doing a United States puzzle

Trying out some old fashioned toys 

Jaylyn trying out the hoop

Leighton running with the duck toy, or pig, I think 

We also stopped by the tomb, but it was already after hours so we just walked around outside.

and did some swinging

and climbing

and rubbed Lincoln’s nose of course And off again. . . 

To Champaign to see Brett & Rachel

Jaylyn, Brett, & Rachel walking in the distance at the park :-)

Swing!

Adley had to outrun a toddler to get a turn on the swings.  :-)

Let me help you!

Balance

What to do now. . .

Hi there!

Playground pose

Hanging out

Leighton was hanging out too

Ice cream

eating ice cream in the cold!

We also got to see their apartment, visit with Calvin the cat, visit with the sweet Billingsley family, visit Brett & Rachel’s church, eat at some yummy restaurants, and swim at the hotel!  Woohoo!