Rachel and I went to our first Mommy and Me Gymnastics class on Wednesday at the YMCA. Marie and Emma signed up and invited us to join. I thought it would be something fun to do together.
Here is the class. Well...most of the class. So you may be asking, "Which one is Rachel?"
She is the one over here. She didn't want to do what everyone else was doing. She wanted to run around the gym, climb on everything, touch everything, and take it all with her. She wasn't really a fan of being in a class.
Here she is trying to take one of the obstacles. This is one of many that I had to put back so the rest of the class could enjoy them as obstacles.
She is finally doing the obstacle course and walking the balance beam. She loves to walk on lines when we are just walking around, but only wants to do it on her own time and not be made to do it.
The only reason I could get her to walk the balance beam is because she found out there was a slide at the end. She wanted to do it over and over even after everybody else had moved on to the next activity.
I finally got her to move on...but she is going the wrong way and only made it to the first obstacle.
Here is Rachel and Emma playing in the foam pit. They are having a good time. Emma was quite the model student and Rachel needs to take some lessons from her.
The teacher knew she would love the foam pit and the long trampoline. She was right. Rachel didn't want to get out. After everybody else walked away, I had to climb in and get Rachel out and almost didn't make it back out myself :)
By this point, you might be thinking that it doesn't look so bad. Well, I only posted the pictures where Rachel was happy. She spent a lot of the night like this. Emma looks a little concerned for Rachel. Rachel and I both had a rough night. She hasn't been her happiest at this time of night for the past few weeks and this night was no exception. At one point, the teacher said that maybe Rachel would enjoy "open gym" more than class, but it is in the middle of the day on Thursdays so it won't work out.
She is crying while admiring her stamp that she got at the end of class. We will try it again next week. Wish me luck!
4 comments:
Heather you are too funny! I am sure she will do better this week now she knows what everything is and doesn't need to check it all out for herself and rearrange it in a more logical fashion. xxh
Rachel will love it next time she just likes to do things when She is ready you girls are going to enjoy the gym classes love you both nana2
She was just so curious and excited all at the same time. I don't blame her, there is a lot going on there and a lot of fun things. It was lots of fun seeing you two.
Hey Heath! Don't give up! It took Grant a class or two to get used to 'organized' play (well as 'organzed' as <2 year olds can be), but once he got it, he had a blast (and I had more fun too!).
I bet a long afternoon nap on the day of, would help her to get through the class too. ; )
That foam pit looks freaking awesome!! I want to play in it! What time is this class?? ; )
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