Evil Finleivel

Okay, so as my gymnastics are improving I've decided to take it to another level. It's time to go straight for some hardcore stunt action, and I needed some help from a friend.

I started with some of my warm-up routine which included some splits stretching...

And some handstands.

Then it was time for the show. I called up Mom's friend Jill to see if she would participate. A hard negotiator, Jill cost me three green grapes, a bag of my favorite pretzels and two stickers. Her agent takes quite a stand. But it was worth it, I needed something to jump over, after all.

Pre-jump you can see the scene. Jill is in position, thousands of fans attending the event (you can't see them here, they are behind the cameraman) and I'm down the hall getting myself psyched.

And then it began... a swift sprint down the hallway... and... TAKEOFF!

The crowd went wild, the sponsors went berzerk and NBC said ratings were through the roof.

I, after such a taxing evening, had a small bowl of ice cream with some strawberries and went to bed.

Gold Medalist

So it started with the Olympics. Mom and I had the stomach flu and so we spent three straight days laying on the couch watching the Olympics. And that's when I fell in love with gymnastics.

So much so that we went to see the U.S. Gold Medal team at the United Center, where they performed some amazing gymnastics for us, and our seats were almost in the front row.

It was only natural that I sign up for gymnastics classes. So I go twice a week near our new house and here are a couple of my moves.

And since Mae and Stacey were bringing me to gymnastics Miss Maria (our teacher) fell in love with Mae and now she is in my class, too, with a bunch of four and five year olds. Here's Mae doing her thing.