Gymnastics

The Bean loves to climb, jump, roll, and basically just be active. He and I started parent and tot gymnastic classes a few weeks ago. We are taking them at Seattle Gymnastics Academy, which is a real gym, as opposed to one of the many options geared toward toddlers. The plus is, if he likes it, he can continue in classes alone after he gets to old for the parent tot classes (around 3 years old). The downside is that its a huge gym with all kinds of equipment and multiple classes at the same time. The kids all cycle through different stations, so they never interact with the others classes, but its a big area with lots of exciting looking stuff.

Its taken the Bean a little bit to get comfortable. We start our classes at a huge pit filled with big foam blocks. They can play in it, go down a slide into it, swing on a ring into it, or in his case, watch the other kids do all these things. Finally last week (our third class), he decided the pit looked fun and climbed in!

Overall he loves the class. His favorite thing is a long trampoline called a tumble track that they get to run down. We don't do that station every time, but he loves it. No class this week since its the Seattle School District's Spring Break, so we will have to see next week how much he can do. Jeff hasn't been able to go with us yet, but maybe next time. Then I can get more pics :)