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| I never saw either kid in their Halloween costume. I dropped Emmy off to get ready with friends and then they trick or treated and had a sleepover, so I didn't see her until after Halloween. They looked cute in their minions/Despicable Me theme. |
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| Bryce's costume theme changed so many times, I'm not sure what he wore on which day. He celebrated on Friday and Saturday and I eventually got this mismatched picture of Top Gun and fire fighter theme. Who knows! |
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| Emmy had an exciting meet on Saturday. This particular meet is only for level 7's and they can qualify to represent Virginia at a meet in California. Emmy did this meet last year but was a ball of nerves with the high stakes. This year, however, she had a great meet and placed 3rd all around in her age group/division. |
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| The top six gymnasts qualified for the meet. It was a very even split of qualifiers with 3 girls from our gym and 3 girls from another gym. One of our gym's qualifiers went last year but wasn't going to be able to make the trip this year so the next highest gymnast from the other gym qualified. Emmy is so excited to go to California to represent team Virginia in January. |
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| Emmy has been competing the same vault for four seasons now. It has been a struggle for her to flip it consistently well. This weekend though, she flipped it when it counted. Her vault score typically keeps her out of medal contention at meets, but today it was strong and what put her over the edge to qualify. We were all so excited. |
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| It's always fun to leave a meet with hardware. 4 medals this time! |
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| Emmy has had a bit of transition to start off this meet season. She was promoted to level 8 at the end of last competition season. She trained with that team all summer but as this season started, she didn't feel like she was jiving with her team and was anxious about the work that needed to be done to be competitive at this new level. Last weekend's season opener meet helped her see the road ahead of her and she ultimately decided to drop back down to level 7. I think that was all the confidence she needed to jump back on the familiar saddle of her comfort zone and perform well at this meet. I was glad she was able to articulate her struggles and make a decision that was best for her. We're looking forward to an exciting season! |
