Gymnastics Class and a Stop at the Park...A Fabulous Friday

We're in our third week of gymnastics class. It's called Tumbling Tots and it's designed for walkers through age 24 months. Parent participation is required, and luckily, my mom has been able to help so the girls get some one on one assistance, which is especially helpful during the obstacle course. The class starts out with some circle time songs like "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and then the kids get 15 minutes of free time to explore the gym. Addison LOVES hanging on the bars. Emily doesn't seem to have a favorite, but loves that there are so many people around to smile at and flirt with. Then we go through an obstacle course that the instructors have set up all around the gym. Then the kids pick out an instrument and we do a marching lap around the gym. Then it's back to circle time for our favorite...the parachute! First the kids get on top of the parachute while the adults make it billow and flop and then they get to go under the parachute, which is just plain magical.

Yesterday, I took a few pictures during class, but it's hard cause we're always on the move.

By the end of "Under the Parachute" all the kids' hair is standing on end and everyone's super hyper

Our class is an early one, so we still have a lot of time between the end of class and lunchtime to kill. Yesterday, it was an absolutely gorgeous fall day, so we stopped at the playground to have our snack and a little playtime.

I'm loving these new sweaters on the girls

Contemplating what's next...more granola bar or time for swings?

There were lots of birds singing that we needed to look for in the trees

We still both fit in one bucket swing!

Joy!

And then, Emily noticed the big girl swing beside her, and decided it was time to exit the bucket swing and give this grown up swing a try. I was a little hesitant at first, but she did great, holding on tight just like I told her to, and concentrating hard on staying safe on the swing.

Soon after Emily got onto a big girl swing, Addie wanted to try, too. She was a little more adventurous and kept trying to jump off the swing, but she'd just sort of fall out into the woodchips and then immediately want back on the swing. We're going to have to practice the  "holding on tight" a little more.