Six Year Old Commentary Sundays : Gabrielle Douglas's 2011 Championships Beam

As requested by someone on twitter, I've posted Sofia's reactions to Gabby's unfortunate beam mishaps.

Sofia: Let's watch Gabrielle.
Me: Okay.
Sofia: What's that?
Me: I'm pretty sure she's got a band-aid on her butt.
Sofia: Bekah, don't say butt, say bottom.
Me: Oh, alright.
Sofia: Aw...she fell. That's bad.
Me: Yeah?
Sofia: Oh-Em.* She fell again. ... Ooh, that part was good though!
Me: What made it good?
Sofia: Her splits in the air were really pretty!
Me: I agree.
Sofia: *gasp* She fell again?!
Me: Yup.
Sofia: Is it almost over? I don't want her to fall again.
Me: Yup.
Sofia: That last part was good. (meaning the dismount)
Me: What about the whole routine?
Sofia: It was bad, cause she fell a lot.
Me: Do you still like her?
Sofia: (as if I'm stupid) YEAH! She can get her splits really high in the air!

(Sofia struggles to say the letter "G", so she walks around saying "Oh-Em")

Six Year Old Commentary Sunday: McKayla Maroney at Worlds

Sofia: Hey! She has the same outfit as the girl from Boston. 
Me: She sure does.
Sofia: What's her name?
Me: McKayla Maroney.
Sofia: Why does she have food in her name?
Me: What?
Sofia: Maroney sounds like Pepperoni.
Me: Oh?
Sofia: That was a good vault!
Me: Why do you think she was so good?
Sofia: She didn't bend her legs. And cause she can run really fast.
*McKayla does her second Vault*
Me: Which do you think was better?
Sofia: The first one. She twisted more times.
Me: You see whose flag is number one?
Sofia: America! Let's watch her again.
Me: On what event?
Sofia: Umm... floor.

Sofia: LOOK A PATTERN!!!
Me: What?
Sofia: (referring to the floor) White, Blue, White, Blue.
*McKayla's Third Pass*
Sofia: WOAH! That was so good.
Me: Yeah?
Sofia: She did so many flips and then she didn't go out of the white.

Sofia to replace Elfi for the 2024 Olympics. :)

Six Year Old Commentary Sundays: Nastia's 2008 Bars

After watching the Nastia Liukin Cup with me, my 6 year old sister, Sofia has decided she loves gymnastics. Since she's taken an interest we've been watching videos together and she's been giving quite the commentary. Here are her thoughts on Nastia Liukin's 2008 AA Bar Routine.

Sofia: I like her outfit. What's her name?
Me: Nastia Liukin
Sofia: Where's she from?
Me: She was born in Russia but she lives in Texas.
Sofia: I've never been to Texas, but there's a lot of sand there, and people play the banjo... does she play the banjo?
Me: No. I don't think so. Do you think she's good?
Sofia: Mmmm... Yeah. She's good because she lets go and then catches it and doesn't fall.
Me: Yeah?
Sofia: And she keeps her legs straight. Except at the end where she jumps off.

I'm telling you, she's better than Al.