Boopy is forever scaring people with her adept ability at being a daredevil. She jumps from our bed, frequently, and it's not a low to the ground bed. She often falls, nearly on her face, yet gets up laughing and does it again. We have an simple exercise "ab roller" which is just her size apparently for using as a hanging bar or laying on top of and flipping over. yes, she is a daredevil. Based on this and the fact that Big Boy also loves to hang from jungle gyms, we decided we should seriously consider looking into gymnastics for the kids. So, this morning Big Boy & Boopy got to go to a trial gymnastics class at Gymnastics Beat. Not surprising, they LOVED it! They can both go at the same time in their own individual class and yet they are in one large area so we can watch them both. This gymnastics school goes from "Mommy & Me" classes to adults so there is room for them to grow if they continue liking it in the future. We definitely plan on looking into signing them up.
Please forgive the quality of the pictures. I didn't want to turn on my flash and distract any kids or instructors, but how could I not take pictures of their first day at gymnastics!
Boopy will be in the Little Pre-K class which only had 4 kids, including her today. She had no problem figuring out what to do and just jumped right in. Although I did have to walk over to the other side of the gym from the parent area at the start until she warmed up to the teacher and what gymnastics was all about.
They have a "tumble track" where the kids get to jump along on a trampoline then go through a series of obstacles to get back tot he trampoline. She loved it!
Big Boy will be in the Beginning Gym Jr. They worked on backward somersaults, the rings, hanging upside down from the uneven bars with their feet on the bars. He also got to go on the tumble track which he LOVED!
Here Big Boy is learning how to do a backwards somersault.
They had each kid in his class work a station. Here he was instructed to use both feet and jump over the mat as a precursor to learning a cartwheel.
Here are the two of them immediately after their one hour session. They received star stamps on their hands and stickers. What do you think - you think they liked it?
It just so happened this afternoon that there was also an Open House going on at a brand new Little Gym today, not far from our house. Papa Vaughn had to go to work at noon so after we dropped him off at work, the kids and I met up with my friend, Natalie and her kids Rocky & Gabby for some free afternoon play. What was great, was getting the chance to let the kids try out some of the Little Gym stuff in comparison to Gymnastics Beat. While Little Gym is great and has a lot to offer, the growth factor at Gymnastics Beat as well as the trampolines (which the kids LOVED) makes me feel better about our decision to attend there. Overall the kids had a great happy and bouncy day!
They both LOVED the balance beam and actually did very well.
At the Open House they had other activities like a bounce house and crafts which we took full advantage of. Both kids made a Thanksgiving turkey.
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How fun! I haven't heard of that one. It looks great. Colson goes to Little Gym, which he absolutely loves. It's made him much more active at home. =)
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