Let's create a gymnastics story...

[MdGymMom01]

Since the boards are kind of slow, I figured I would start a new thread where EVERYONE can participate. Here are the rules: Each person adds a sentence or two (or phrase or two) to the previous person's response in their own post so that it becomes a story with different twists and turns. You can reply more than once but be sure that you have at least three other people post inbetween your own posts.

I'll start:

There was once a girl who loved gymnastics so much that she

 

[All Chalked Up]

... trained and trained, even though she was only at the gym 6 hours a week.

 

[hawaii_gymnast]

But on a rather quiet day training at the gym she...

 

[cher062]

... fell asleep in the foam Pit and dreamed of......

 

[MdGymMom01]

...standing on the olympic awards podium with none other than...

 

[NYgymfan]

...Shawn Johnson.

 

[gymnastgets10]

Shawn whispered something into her ear. Then she woke up and was inspired to...

 

[All Chalked Up]

try out for the Olympics and up her training time. The only problem with more training was...

 

[flips123]

more money and she wasnt sure that her parents could afford it,so she.....

 

[NYgymfan]

....decided to practice on her own at home.

 

[MdGymMom01]

When she got home that evening, she went around the house and gathered up all the mattresses she could find and put them...

 

[taximom]

in the basement and she tumbled all night until bedtime.

 

[gymgurl]

She fell asleep and dreamt of nothing but gymnastics.

 

[gymnastbeth]

And the next day...

 

[MdGymMom01]

...she went back to the gym and decided to...

 

[gymnastbeth]

Show her coach what she could do, but she...

 

[NYgymfan]

...was so nervous she slipped and fell off the beam.

 

[gymnastbeth]

If she could try bars...

 

[MdGymMom01]

...she would definitely do her flyaway--she hit that skill so many times in her dream, each time landing safely among the fluffy clouds. But when she got on the bars to show her coach, she...

 

[gymnastbeth]

got scared halfway through, and...