Gymnastics

I mentioned in a recent post that I thought I'd sign Lawson up for gymnastic class.  Well, I did and we've had two classes so far, which were a great hit!  He was completely overwhelmed with excitement when we walked in the gym for the first class - I honestly think he liked it better than Christmas morning!  It's a "Mommy & Me" class, so I'm with him every step of the way.  These pictures are a little far away, but hopefully you can get a sense of what his typical class is like.

We start out on the trampolines, which he absolutely LOVES!  He calls them the "black bounce" and would stay there all night if he was allowed.  He does a seat-drop really well, but doesn't follow any of the other directions just yet.  Sigh...  We're in the middle, on trampoline #7.

Next up is the circuit rotations.  This is hard!  He does a mean sommersault since he's had lot of practice from his one class at daycare:

And he can manage the balance beam pretty well:

But beyond that, he has a hard time staying focused on the rest of the pieces.  He'd really rather run and do his favorite few things, so I get an awesome workout, myself, just trying to keep him on track.  This picture is a blur, but I love the sense of action you get.  He loves to jump!

And finally, the hour winds up with a long "swim" in the foam blocks.  This is awesome.  Lawson loves to run and take a flying leap into the blocks!  This night, they had a slide, which was pretty cool, too.  Someday, he'll get up the nerve to go at it Tarzan-style with the rope swing they have....but that won't be anytime soon.

So, hopefully, you get the overall idea.  It's a fantastic gym and we're looking forward to many more months of practice.  I keep hearing this is a great way to get kids started in athletics - they learn balance, strength, coordination and discipline early and it will hopefully help with other sports later.  For me, I'm just glad he has an outlet for all that energy!