The Morning at Trent Park Elementary School

Thursday, October 20th,  Miss Holly and I went to Trent Park to play the violin for the 4th graders. Miss Holly explained the parts of the violin and asked questions to them. First I started off playing Baa Baa Black Sheep with a variation at the end of it. I messed up a little bit but a kept going. She asked if anyone knew what a variation was. She made a example and  said if you put a stuffed Elmo on a person's head he'd still be that person but  with a Elmo on his head, that's a variation. Then Miss Holly played a piece of music. It was Twinkle Little Star  with a variation. Then Miss Holly and I played a duet together. It was called Glow Worm. Then I played To God Be the Glory. I messed up on that a little because my hands were sweaty. One girl asked if Miss Holly can play another song. She did a pizzicato song. Then she played a double string song. I liked that song best that she played. That  was fun playing for the 4th graders. This is the second year if played for them. Tomorrow they go to hear the NC symphony.

My 2nd Competition

I competed  in my 2nd meet. It was at TAG { Team Attraction Gymnastics} and it was in Raleigh. It started at 2:00 pm. There was another team that was in our group. They were from Salem Gym. There was no practice room at this gym.We had to practice on the competition floor. Vault was the first event my group competed in. I went 1st on vault. Miss Chelsea said that being 1st is best because your just warmed up. Then we went to bars. I went last in that event.  Mom said that I got a better score on bars at the first meet.  There was a little paper you could write down the scores on. After that we went to beam. Brittney went first. She fell off the beam twice. If you fall off the beam just keep going. She still got a pretty high score.  Then we went to floor. I did my backhand spring connecting without help. I went 5th. After we did awards. I was age group Sqaud A. I got 4th place on bars, 4th place on beam, 4th on vault, 5th place on floor and 4th place overall. There were tougher gyms at this meet. My scores were higher, except for bars, then last meet. I got a 36.1, same as Madison. I qualified for the state meet in December. Our team got 3rd overall, and we got a big trophy.

My Birthday Date

On Monday October 10th, Matt took me out for my birthday. He had given me a certificate for lunch, dessert and a event, like going out the movies.  We went  to Captain Ratty's. We sat near the window. I had 3 chicken tenders and fries and Matt had a cheese burger and fries. There were no desserts at Captain Ratty's. Then we went back to the SnapDragon. Mom told us places we could go for dessert.We drove to see if Dairy Queen was open. It was open. Then I thought I wanted to go to Dunken Donuts but then I said I wanted to go to McDonalds. So we went to McDonalds. I got a small Mango Peach smoothie. It was really good. When we were done we went back to store. I got to ride on his shoulders on the way back. After he took me back to the store Matt and Mom talked for a little while then Matt left. I had to finish my school work. I love going out for lunch, especially going out for my birthday. :] We were going to do the event on another day.

My First Competion

Early  Sunday morning, Mom woke me and Declan up at 6:00. We ate breakfast in the car. The meet was near Wilmington. The meet started at 9:00 and it was at Topsail High School. We were the first ones there from our team. Miss Chelsea got there a little after us. She stopped at a bagel store and bought a bagel and coffee. Hailey, Brittney and Madison got there a little after that. Before we all started we ran 7 laps and then we stretched. After we stretched our group went into a room. It was a practice room. We did time warm up on beam. Once we were done we went out to the gym. We had to stand by our sign, and it was shaped like a sailboat. I carried the sign for our team, we lined up smallest to tallest.  Before we went to beam we met the judges. Then we went to beam. Brittney went first. I went third. There was a girl named Molly she's 12. She cried on beam, and I feel bad for her. She was nice to me. Then we went back to the practice room. We practiced on floor. We practiced backhand springs, the first part of our routine and our split leap pass. Then we went out to the gym.  Hailey went first and I went last. I did a good job but forgot to salute at the end of my routine. I lost points, I won't forget next time.  We went to vault next. Vault was the easiest one. The mats were lower then the ones at our gym. Last we went to bars. Bars was my second hardiest event. I had fun competing. There were three other Chinese girls competing. One Chinese girl was my age. Her name was Katie. She was adopted from Hunan province.
We went to the practice gym for awards. I got 1st place on beam, 1st place on vault, 2ed place on bars and 1st place over all. I got three trophes and a metal. Mom took a picture of me and Miss Chelsea. You will see a picture of me and Miss Miss Chelsea below. My next meet is in 2 weeks away. I can't wait till the next meet. Now I love, love, love, love meets.   :]

The team stretching 

 Middle Split

 Holding the Sign 

 Score on Beam 

 Score on Floor

 Score on vault 

 Score on bars

 Awards 

 Hailey, Madison, Brittney 

 Miss Chelsea and me.

 All the Trophies