gym rats

Eliot and Violet have been sporadically attending a local Thai gym for the past couple of years. Sporadically because I'm lazy and even though it's probably less than 10 miles away it can sometimes be a two hour round trip with traffic. They love it, though E says she would love it more if they did less pushups. This, of course, only makes me love it more. 

We just finished up for the years as Eliot started softball and I can't handle more than one activity per child at a time. We made it long enough to participate in a tournament. This was both their first time experiencing gymnastics as anything other than play. E was pretty nervous but ended up loving it. It was basically a participation contest, so they both got a ribbon and then we all went to Ikea and bought our real (grown in China) Christmas tree. 

 Yes, Winston's outfit belonged to Eliot 5 years ago. And no, we haven't found an adult version yet, and believe me we've tried.

 Rocky only owes about 20 more years to watching his kids in gyms.

 In case you hadn't guessed, they share uniforms, so Violet's never quite fits right.

 Some kids do medal stands better than others.