Gymnastics Class

Yesterday was Kate's first gymnastics class. She has been so excited about going. Here's a picture of her in her leotard (and a pair of pants) before we left.

When we got there we found three of the five girls in her class were wearing the same leotard. I think it's the only one you can get here in town, and was less than the ones I looked at online. They joked it was the class uniform.

I had originally thought that everyone would drop off their kiddos and leave, but instead they all stayed, so we did too. They had a play room, where Gabby was able to play with another of the little sisters.

They did stretching exercises, used colored scarfs while following their teachers movements, and practiced somersaults on a downward inclined wedge. They also got to practice on a balance beam, hang from one the bars, and go hands and feet across the parallel bars. Kate will have to work on waiting her turn though. I noticed that she sometimes ran ahead before she was called. She didn't seem to notice when I asked her about it later, but at those times, she was then called on to do the activity last. I'm sure it will be a learning process for her, since this is the first truly organized activity she's been involved in. Sunday School and MOPS aren't nearly as structured at every moment, so she'll have to learn the rules.

She had fun and Gabby says she wants "'Nastics tooooo!"