Year-End Show

Yesterday was Madeleine's Year-End Show for gymnastics, which was comprised of lots of beginning gymnasts looking confused about what they were supposed to be doing as they completed various activity circuits.  Madeleine followed along as best she could, with momentary bewildered wanderings between apparatuses, and got to "perform" on the floor, bars, balance beam, and vault.  Here are a few videos of some of the routines and circuits in which she partook:














Despite the look of insecurity on her face throughout most of her routines, Madeleine had the time of her life at the show, and left in buoyant spirits.  All participants got a gymnastics medal and got to step on a "podium" for a photo op.  I tried my best to get a decent picture of her in various locations with her medal, but my results do not match my efforts:

I'm glad that she had so much fun and that she is slowly developing better coordination than she had when she was younger.  For fans of the old Madeleine-the-klutz days, however, don't you worry: despite her growing balance in the gymnastics arena, Madeleine still managed to trip over her flip-flops as we walked to the car and nearly face-plant on the sidewalk.  Maybe a few more sessions of gymnastics will enable her to make it down the sidewalk with nary a stumble, but that's some wishful thinking!!