Goal setting has been very important to me when it comes to my girl.  In the past, she has been very passive about setting up goals, partly because she is afraid to fail or not live up to big brother’s accomplishments.  It has been challenging as a mom to see her not want to try because she is used to my boy stepping up to challenges and knocking them out of the park.

This past year, it seems we have reached a turning point and I could not be happier! Cara signed up for gymnastics in February 2015 after a 2-3 year hiatus. She quickly moved up from Division 1 to Division 2 by summer. We are still in Division 2 and had been waiting on 2 big goals to move up, kicking over the bar and tabletop kick over. For an early birthday present, she received a bar and just a couple of weeks ago, she got over on her own!!

My girl at the gym.

My girl at home with her new bar.

She finally kicked one of her goals out of the park, now we are on to that tabletop kick over. It is exciting for me to see her get excited about gymnastics again as we were starting to get into a lull.

I know she is also more motivated at home when I get in the floor with her to stretch and do core exercises. Right now, that girl can kick my butt when it comes to core exercises!  But she is motivating me to do more as well. Do your kids motivate you to be more active? What do you do together to stay active?