Little Monkey

Mass Gymnastics Center has asked Lee to join an invitation-only developmental team next year. They stressed to me that while it’s pretty low-key (1 ¼ hours twice per week with no competitions for two years), it's also very selective and it’s their track for becoming a competitive gymnast.

This seemed like one of those big decisions. I know we’ve already made lots of decisions that will affect Lee in one way or another, but this one seemed harder for some reason. On the one hand, she’s too young, it’s too much time, it’s too serious, etc….On the other, she really seems to love it, it’s not all that much time, we should give her the opportunity….

In the end we signed her up. I see her on the playground or on the monkey bars in the basement and I wonder how we could not let her at least try it. And honestly, she can always stop.