One little monkey swinging from the rings!

And so we've started the beginning of running from one side of town to the other for sports, gymnastics, ballet, piano, etc. Well, just for baby gymnastics class but I can see the day coming. Carrington had a blast in her first class! She started the class playing a game of "freeze". The babies would run around in a circle to music and when the song said, "freeze", they had to stop. Imagine getting a one year old to stop when she is running at full speed (a dream come true for Carrington)! "Freeze" was followed by a circuit of walking across the balance beam, doing forward rolls, climbing up gymnastic thingys, and practicing headstands. From there, they moved into trying to do the "monkey hang" on the rings, pulling up on the uneven bar, and running down the straight away. At the end of the class, they were given free time to run around the gym. She quickly discovered the trampoline that was in the floor and went to jumping. Jumping has become a new favorite at home - on the bed, chair or in her crib. She also loved all the open space so she could "run away" from me. That's another game she enjoys, mama says come here and she takes off running in the other direction, as fast as she can!

So, here's to the beginning of lots of fun, learning, discipline, hardwork and most important, finding what she loves to do!

Sitting on the ladybug and "listening" to instructions

Practicing her floor routine - not much of a routine, just A LOT of running!
Jumping on the trampoline

Showing off her, "What we learned today" paper - The "Monkey Hang". She also got her first sticker that said, "Good Job"!
If you didn't enjoy that story or the pictures enough, I have a feeling you'll get a kick of out this! My parents kept me plenty busy trying to find what I would truly love being a part of. I tried just about everything - gymnastics, ballet, soccer, softball, track, and from the looks of it, even, GOLF (definitely influenced by my dad)! Ultimately, my days would be spent swimming in a pool and cheering for my HOKIES! There are certain things, you are just born to do!!

This one was just too good not to include! Looks like I wanted to be Daisy Duke. Check out that hair!!!