Now that boo boo is approaching her 4th birthday, she and her other gymnastics buddies were asked to move out of the 2-3 year old class and into another class. I was disappointed at first, because I really liked the Tuesday, 11am time slot of her class. The only other one that would work with Bradley's nap was the Wednesdays at 4pm class. That is a 4 and 5 year old class and she had her first one tonight. I wasn't sure how she would like it without her usual buddies in there. Luckily, one of her friends, Raquelle, also moved into this class, so she did know someone. The other 4 students were 4 years old and there was a 6 year old. (go figure!) Anyway, the class was so neat! The teachers did much more challenging things with the students and more was expected from the kids. Rachel did awesome!! She has the ability and was able to copy all the things the other kids were doing, she just had to be shown what to do. I was so proud of her! The biggest difference between her age and an almost 5 year old is the attention/listening factor. She still gets in her own little world at times and doesn't hear when her teacher says to do something. But, she caught on eventually. What was really funny was when she had to wait her turn. There was a lot of this going on and since she's not in school yet, her only exposure to taking turns and stuff is at gymnastics. She would get the grumpiest look on her face and cross her arms when she was asked to wait her turn. But, her little face would light up when it was her turn! She's such a funny little girl! I got such a kick out of watching her! She looked so cute and like such a big kid walking forwards and backwards on the balance beam, balancing on one foot and kicking with the other, doing straddle jumps and v-sits and pikes. She just looked like a little adorable gymnast. I would love for her to continue this on for years and years, but we'll see if it's something she continues to enjoy. I want to expose her and Bradley to lots of different things to see what they enjoy and want to excel at.
I also wasn't sure how bubba would do with this new time for gymnastics, but he did awesome! I took lots of snacks, and since he had woken up from his nap at 3:00, he was well rested. He actually enjoyed watching her and only got a little cranky at the end of the class. I know he wants to be doing the same things and playing on the equipment like he sees her doing. I hope I can start him in some kind of class once Rachel starts school. I know he'll love it. Raquelle's little brother, Eli, (15 mo. old) was there so he and Bradley shared some cookies and got in each other's faces a little bit. (in a good way!)
I decided to post some pictures from yesterday and last week to make the blog more interesting. The ones of the kids doing crafts are when Rachel decided to make a heart valentine for JuJu. Bradley HAD to color too, but as you can see, he wanted to draw on the chair AND on the table.
I had to include the picture of him in the blue lacoste shirt, because I didn't know it was a lacoste shirt until the receptionist at the pediatrician's office made a big deal about how she didn't know they made baby lacoste shirts. I didn't either because I don't even know what's so special about a lacoste shirt in the first place. (Thanks Leigh Anne, for Carter's hand me downs!)
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