Posted in Children, Daily Life, Gymnastics, Scouts, Sports, tagged parenting, swimming, Scouts, Children, movies, iron man, sleepover, Gymnastics, traveling, drive-in movie, Drillbit Taylor, Dr. Doolittle, Camporee on May 18, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Sorry I’ve been in absentia the last two days. I really, really, really meant to post Friday night. I was just too damn hot. And tired. And hot. And did I mention hot?
Friday
Typical day, except for the heat. 100+ in our little microcosm, which, in and of itself wasn’t too bad. What made it bad [...]
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There are many, many things I do not miss about having competitive gymnasts for children. The long drive, the time, the weird idea my children have that all dinners must be served from Thermoses.
But there are a few things I regret leaving behind. Notably, that heart-stopping, breath-catching moment when your child lets go of the [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Gymnastics on April 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As of yesterday, we’re hanging up our grips.
We knew 13 was done. He’d spent most of the past season out on a knee injury and was finally competing again, when he did something to his ankle at State and wasn’t able to finish his meet. We thought it was a minor sprain, but it hasn’t [...]
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Posted in Gymnastics on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You may remember me posting about the gymnast at our gym who went into Grip Lock. If not, you can read the post here.
The update: Because he was in Eagle grip, the buckles on his grips didn’t break. He broke both the bones in his forearm. However, for the extent of the damage, it [...]
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