Cianna and gymnastics team

Cianna was invited to join the competitive gymnastics team in fall of 2012 when she was only 5, which was very exciting, but she was not really ready then. The practices are 2 hours long and we tried 2 out and she was in tears on the way home from being so tired, so we just did another year of recreational gymnastics at a level higher. She joined the team in 2013 and loved it, had a great year. She even got a first place on bars once and man that was really exciting. She learned all the skills for level 2, including her backbend kickover, which took a lot of practice. At the awards ceremony, she recieved the fun "drama queen" award. She is a great athlete, but does tend to draw out those injuries for a little extra attention. This year she is on team again at level 3 and it has been difficult to do this along with soccer, but she was not ready to quit either, so we are just making it work. Luckily the club she goes to is very flexible and let her just do what she can, without penalty. She is working on learning her back hand spring this year and really enjoys all the team activities they do like gladiator night, team sleepovers, parent's night out and summer camp.