Thursday, October 19, 2006

The Little Gym

Gaines has been going to the Little Gym every other week for a while now and boy does he love it...dad doesn't mind it either. We go Tuesday nights at 6:30- he gets to dance, shake bells, sing, run, do "forward rolls," hang on the bar (he hung by himself for the first time last week- I think his belly has kept him a step behind in that department!)...they practice following directions, social skills, and hand eye coordination. Gaines usually gets some flirting in too! I think his favorite part is when they get all the balls out and practive kicking or shooting...it's hilarious. My favorite thing to watch is all the kids trying to jump. Gaines scrunches down really far and then tries to spring into the air...usually he gets at least one foot off the ground.
As you can see by the expression on Will's face...Gaines is no feather weight!
Here they are all holding on to a stretchy rope - they run into the circle then stretch it way out, then practice following directions by running or walking or "freezing" while holding onto the rope...Gaines is slowly but surely catching on. It's a blast to watch him figuring all this out!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Will's hair looks so short in the photos! :)
I cant wait to meet Gaines someday!

chris anne said...

hey! i just found your blog. i'm so excited to see you have one. now we can keep in touch much easier! hope things are going well. we miss you guys.

Erik said...

GAINES!!!!
You're growing up so fast! I love you!
-Aunt Chud