Our Young Gymnasts

Since Viva finally got to take a ballet class, it was only fair that the boys get a chance to do something, too. On Thursday Kara took them over to try out a gymnastics class to see if they wanted to sign up for the semester.

The class is limited to eight boys aged 4-6 years. Only two of the four regulars showed up on Thursday afternoon, so the instructor to student ratio was four-to-one. The other two boys were 5 or 6, so Jake was the youngest. Kara watched the class and she said that both Jake and Bentley had a great time. She was a little anxious when she saw Bentley take on the balance beam--he raced down it and jumped off without any hesitation. Hmmm, I hadn't pegged him for dare devil. Kids are full of suprises.

The boys loved the instructor, a young man. They loved the high activity level of the class. Their favorite activity? Hide and seek. I didn't even know hide and seek was part of a gymnast's training! I'm not sure it really was their favorite activity. It was the last thing they did before the class got over and children that age have short memories. They both came running out of the class asking their mom to sign them up so they could come again next week.

The dress code for the class is no jeans. Kara had to drag out the boys' shorts which they did not wear at all this summer. They only wear shorts when they go on vacation to somewhere really warm. Surprisingly, they didn't give us a hard time about wearing them. Kara is going to take them shopping this week for sweat pants.