First Session of Mommy-and-Me Gymnastics

I enrolled Ethan in a local park department's toddler gymnastics class this fall. It will meet for 8 sessions, and our friends Chris and Sam are taking the class with us which makes it especially fun! For their first class, the kids practiced some stretching (in the tuck, straddle, and pike positions), sang a song with arm motions, and learned how to do somersaults. Ethan had never done a somersault before, and he did a great job! The instructors taught the kids first to squat like a froggie, then tuck their heads down to look at their bellies, and then to roll themselves over. Ethan had a blast, and I think that he'll enjoy the rest of the classes too. I brought my camera to the class, but it was pretty interactive (with kids and moms), so I didn't get the chance to take any pictures. One funny incident occurred when the instructors got out two pylons that the kids were supposed to stand behind to wait their turn in line. They look just like the cones that Ethan played with in soccer, and the kids were taught to build towers out of the cones and then to practice kicking by kicking the towers over. So, when Ethan saw the pylons, he promptly ran over, stacked them, and kicked them down! Cracked me up, but I had to explain to the gymnastics instructor why he did that :) Ethan was a bit confused when I told him not to stack and kick them over again, but he was excited/diverted by his interest in somersaults, so he didn't try to mess with the pylons again!