We LOVE Gymboree!!!!!

John Dickson had his very first (and only...) Gymboree class this morning, and he was beside himself all morning. I wasn't really sure what all you could do in a class with 10-16 month olds, but it turns out you can do a lot! We bounced around in a circle, and he played on a lot of baby gym things. I was really surprised at how well he did! He seemed to know exactly what he was supposed to do. He climbed stairs and went across a bridge, went down a slide, climbed a huge wedge and rolled off using a big barrell. He played a little basketball (which he had already mastered, thanks to his sports center) and had parachute time. All the kids sat on the parachute while the teacher blew bubbles EVERYWHERE. Then we walked around, turning the parachute that had the little ones on it, and then they got to go underneath and play. We finished by doing a dance with the puppet "Gymbo" and then sang a bye bye song. John Dickson waved bye bye on his own, but we aren't entirely sure that was not a coincidence. Either way, John Dickson was grinning ear to ear the entire time and had the time of his life! Unfortunately it's a little out of our price range to actually join, but maybe someday... Here are a few pictures - I couldn't get many because Adam was not there and I spent most of my time making sure John Dickson didn't dive off of gigantic blocks and slides, but there are a few.

I said he had fun - I didn't say he was a good sharer!


This was before the class - he loved the line of balls!

He climbed up those stairs, then crawled up the ramp, where he was about to sit on the little rug to go down the slide at turbo speed! That face looks a little unsure, but I promise it was actually a really happy one! This was his favorite.

Finally to the balls...

Going through a tunnel