Grace's Mock Meet

Back of her warm-up suit

Front of the suit

The second skin leo

Grace and her teammates


On Saturday we were treated to watching Grace and her gymnastic's team perform in a mock meet. Their first meet is only 2 weeks away and the mock meet was used to get the girls (and parents) ready for the meet protocols. There were no scores kept, it was informal, but the coaches kept the meet as close to an official meet as possible. It was so much fun watching the girls march out doing the "official" gymnastics walk!

For days all Grace could talk about was the meet. We thought they would be keeping score and Grace had hoped for a medal. The morning of the meet Grace could not wait for the time to come to leave. She was so excited! When she finally was able to get dressed she looked so darn adorable! The competition leo is like a second skin---we are hoping that Grace doesn't grow out of it before the end of the competitive season (December). Everything else fit great. The backpack is HUGE--she could probably fit into it.

During the meet Grace did great, she looked so relaxed. We saw lots of smiles and confidence out of her! Dave and I are not in agreement, but I think Grace did best on the floor, then bars, beam and finally the vault. The vault seems to be her weakest (again it is all relative) area. Grace just shines on the floor; I'm predicting a win at the state meet in that event (that will be in December). We are so proud of how well Grace did!

Grace wasn't disappointed that there were no medals. She said she had lots of fun even though she was a little nervous in the beginning. Grace was glad she saw us in the stands and said she heard us cheering for her--that really must of felt so good to have her family there cheering her on.

This morning, as Grace and I lingered in bed, Gracie shyly said, "Mom, I can't wait for competition to start." Now that's my girl, a true competitive athlete! I'm telling you, 2016 Olympics here she comes!