Nathan has progressed very well in tumbling and his skill level reminds me so much of Justin at age nine. He does have the advantage of living with one of his coaches so gets extra training on the trampoline and encouragement outside of class.
We really enjoyed their recital and love their new t-shirts. The "caution:" is real! Besides continuing to take advanced tumbling from ValaRae, Justin also co-coaches many of the other classes.
Just a little showing off before coaching the next class. . .
He has worked hard to get that!
Justin began each weekday morning at cheer practice as a new Madison cheerleader.
Following cheer practice he would head over to Airbound to coach gymnastics.
When he initially told me what his summer schedule would be I was concerned that I might be dragging him out of bed at 5:30 each morning. However, I did not need to get him up even once. He wasn't just up; he was cheerful!
I appreciate so much his positive and helpful attitude.
Some mornings he was finished by 10:00 and others he coached until 11-12:30. His favorite mornings consisted of a brief break to run home for Second Breakfast. He did great getting to bed at a decent time each night and was full of energy starting each new day but by the time he was home he was ready to crash on the couch or bed for a short nap and then he'd be ready for the rest of his day.
One morning he thought he could skip the nap but as he was talking to me while I was folding laundry his voice gradually got softer and he drifted off to sleep. I stood there and stared at him for a minute remembering his four years old nap routine. He would chatter and chatter at me while the older kids were in school and gradually talk himself to sleep. I feel so blessed that he still loves to share his thoughts, dreams, frustrations and everyday details of his life with me.
Some of my favorite texts are random videos keeping me caught up on the latest tumbling tricks. Justin has to work really hard to do parkour flips and stunts because it is more style and creative than the structured and sharp tumbling that he has been trained in. He'd like to have a good balance of both in his portfolio.
During July the cheer team went to Layton, Utah for a three day cheer camp.
Of the four boys on the team, he was the only one able to do the full extension. All those late night pull-ups in his doorway have now paid off.
Practicing this particular stunt left him with a huge shoe hickey on his collar bone and his hands were blistered from catching her in her shoes but those wounds were very minor compared to the rips and tears he used to get from the rings and parallel bars when he was training in competition gymnastics. He likes this balance of minor wounds with major fun vs the major wounds for the minor fun.
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