pamelamyers | August 7, 2012
While we were on vacation, Mark bought Sam some candy necklaces. I used to love them when I was a kid and he thought Sam would like them too. She came home with a bunch and was proudly wearing them around. Mark took these adorable pictures of her with her new bling.
Here is another picture of Sam, without candy necklace, where I just thought she looked too pretty to not share.
pamelamyers | August 7, 2012
Although Mark and I are not exactly sports fans, we do indulge Sam’s love of sports, and balls, and other athletic pursuits. She loves throwing a ball, kicking her soccer ball, and playing with her mini golf clubs. She even has a mini basketball and a football. We think someday Sam will do something athletic and that’s ok with us. We have been saying for a while that we think she would love gymnastics since she loves to tumble all around and jump and bounce so, now that the summer Olympics have started, it seemed like a great opportunity to show her some real gymnasts.
The first event she saw was women’s synchronized diving. I was surprised to see how into it she was. Every time the divers hit the water, she would clap furiously for them (probably in reaction to everyone on TV clapping, but it was super cute). But the best part was letting her watch the gymnastics. She loved all of it — the floor exercises, the uneven bars, and the balance beam. She seemed so thrilled with all the jumping. Mark had the brilliant idea of grabbing an old 2 x 4 and setting it up in our family room so Sam could practice on her very own balance beam. She did so well! Sam was so proud of herself. Now every day Sam asks us to put down her “bouncing beam” so she can do “nimnastics”. Here is our future gold medalist!
Arms out – balance, balance!
After Sam tried, it was panda’s turn. Maybe he’ll win the silver. 🙂
