Boy Statues and Flips
June 15, 2022
At WGV Gymnastics, Lucas was begging me to let him “do the show” (aka sign him up for our “Back to the 80s” annual show) when it was still in the planning stages! Lucas loves his gymnastics. He watches routines from the Olympics and JO boy’s meets and aspires to be like them. He tells me “I’m going to do that one day!” Lucas was super excited about his show t-shirt! (When he saw the girls’ leotards, and they didn’t have the boy’s t-shirt in yet, he asked if he could wear a leotard with black gym shorts over it and “turn it into a unitard.”)
Kimberly, Jaquline, Jillian, and Anastasia joined him as show gymnasts!
He said his group did “excellent listening” and when he grows up, he wants to be a trashman (shocker, I thought it was a football player or a professional gymnast). I was working the desk and as his session finished, he ran up super excited, showing me his trophy – a statue of a boy gymnast with “Lucas Tart” printed on the nameplate. “Mom! Mom! It’s a boy statue!” I’ve never seen his little eyes glittering so! He has it right next to his Olympic gold medal (from last year’s show) that shows a boy gymnast. Lucas put his medal and trophy next to his Dad’s trophies for guitar performances in high school.
He keeps showing us all the flips and his routine outside where his hands land on the bit of carpet-bonded foam Coach Paul gave him for helping one day.
I’m so thankful for his patient coaches and the fact that our gym offers the boys ability to be part of our gymnastics family!
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~Nancy Tart