Jenna Update

Jenna participated in a gymnastics recital earlier this month. She had so much fun and loves her ribbons and medal that she received! Last week we learned that her coach would like to put her on the pre-team track at the gym. Today, we signed her up. Over the summer Jenna will spend two hours in the gym a week. She will begin working on the larger equipment more. During the next year, they will work with Jenna to move her up to a level four, which is the standing that is required to begin competing. Jenna will be able to begin competing when she is six years old. Right now Jenna is very excited about all of this. We will continue to follow this as long as she is having fun. Of course, all this happening today coincided with her first injury. I was awed at watching her hold a perfect hand stand today for a good amount of time, then watched as she crashed over and quickly grabbed her foot. I noticed her rubbing her little toe on her left foot. She sat for a bit, then jumped right up and went back to work. After class she told me she hurt her toe. I told her I saw it and asked if it still hurt. She said a little. We went to the park, where she jumped and ran and climbed all afternoon with her friends. After getting Alex from school, we finally came home and she took her shoes off. She said she hated her shoes because they hurt her toe. When I looked at her toe I could not believe what I saw...red, purple nasty bruise the entire length of her toe and wrapped around the backside. It isn't broke, not after everything she did that day, but it looks terrible and I sit back and sigh and think this may just be the beginning of many more injuries.