Kindergarten and Gymnastics

Our big girl flashes a pose on her last day of kindergarten at MacArthur Elementary. It is quite amazing how much she has learned in her first year of school. She is reading chapter books, adding single-digit numbers, telling us the three essential things that plants need to live, and writing panel stories that give us insights into her world view.

This last year also revealed Rory's first athletic passion: gymnastics. Although Rory has also enjoyed soccer and ballet and many other outdoors events, nothing else has motivated her to practice her technique every night at home.

Rory's gymnastics interest was fostered by a small gym called DanceSensations, where she recently completed her year-end routine. 

Rory showed us her determination and focus!

Here she takes her bow with the rest of her class. (That's Rory third from the right.)