Gymnastics Class

Riley had her first gymnastics class on Monday and she loved it--okay, not at first, but once she got warmed up she loved it! She was so excited when their group got called to run into the gym with her bud Nolan, but once she realized that I was on the other side of the glass she wasn't' the least bit thrilled. The kids were warming up and Riley was in the arms of her teacher, crying, telling her "I want Mommy". The poor teacher carried her around like that for a good 5-10 minutes. I tried to hide in the other room so she couldn't see me and she finally calmed down enough to participate! They stretched, did bars, the balance beam, the trampoline, obstacle courses, and other things. I think Riley's favorite was the trampoline.

I was worried with how Riley would do because she's not the most calm child and she tends to run off (she is getting better though). This girl just cannot sit still, not for one single second. She did fairly well except for when she ran off and her teacher didn't notice. I noticed. My friend, Mandy, who was in there with her 1 year old noticed. But the teacher? Nope. She did not notice. For a good 10 minutes I kept trying to get her teacher's attention and let her know that Riley was "missing" (although I could see her). Mandy kept trying to get her attention to tell her Riley was missing, but it wasn't working. Finally I had to go into the gym and let her know that Riley was with some other big girl's group (probably 10-12 years old) jumping on the trampoline. She was being catapulted into the air because the girls were bouncing her. She didn't mind, in fact I think she had more fun doing that.

Even though this week didn't go too terribly bad, I'm hoping next week is even better!

In these two pictures I said "Riley, can you please stand there and smile for me"...not quite what I had in mind but whatever!

Stretching

Beam

Bars