Yesterday was Addie’s first day in gymnastics. Yes, she’s only 14 months old, but the class says walking to three, so we went for it. She alternated between speed walking around the gym and crying and demanding to be picked up, but I think she had fun!
We did a little stretching to start, which she enjoyed with the help of Mom, though she didn’t quite catch on to the spinning in circles or slow-motion walking. Then we headed all the way to the back corner of the gym (which she walked to all by herself!) to bounce on the trampoline. She really wanted to try it out, but wasn’t thrilled once she stepped on. She had more fun standing on the side clapping for the other kids. Then it was obstacle course time, where Daddy had to step in to help out. At first she didn’t want to go on anything, but she warmed up a little and tried crawling up the wedge (yes, it’s purpose is for somersaults, but whatever a 14-month old wants to do on it is perfectly acceptable too!). The class ended with a parachute, and Addie watching again instead of participating, but she seemed pretty amused. We have her signed up until the end of March, so hopefully she’ll warm up a bit more and have fun for the next few weeks.































