Tumbling Birdie

As late summer has given way to fall, Birdie has begun going to a gymnastic class called Funny Bugs at the Little Gym late in the afternoon on Sundays.  Fashion opportunity alert!  Gymnastics fashions are more garish than your ballet fashions, but the Birds have embraced them, the younger of the two with unabashed zeal.  Although it is true that Birdie would have loved the soft pink of a ballet leotard and the attendant floaty skirt, her affection for the bright and sparkly drama of the gymnastic leotard is undiminished.  She loves her hot pink, purple, and aqua shimmery leotard and matching aqua tap pants.  (Those tap pants often ride up a bit over the course of the class, revealing a bit too much cheek, and making them, we regret to say, less tap pants than hot pants.)  You should see her though, Brigade.  She's always been sure-footed and confident of how her body moves and it really shows.  She is all ears when she is in the gym, and tries--and does--it all.