For the Kidz Gymnastics and Trampoline less than 5 minutes from our house. They have "open gym" on Saturday evenings from 7:00-9:00 and Connor is just $4. It was our first time last night so I wasn't sure what to expect. When we walked in, I didn't see any other little kids. There were a lot of pre-teens and actually a whole bus of teenage special needs kids. The gym was packed and I was actually a little fearful that Connor would easily get lost in the shuffle. I figured we'd be there for an hour if we were lucky.I was wrong.
It only took Connor about 5 minutes to get used to his surroundings and then he wanted to do EVERYTHING. We started on the little trampolines, then the obstacle course, the foam pit, balance beam, rings, tumble track, big trampoline, water fountain, and repeat.
I took tons of pictures (even though I should have been using my other lens...bummer) and we have some video footage too. I need to get everything off the camera(s).
We ended up leaving at 8:55 and the only reason we were able to get out then was because we told Connor that all the kids were going "night night" and they were going to lock the doors. And we told him he could come back another time.
I might be signing him up for a "You and Me" class to try out on Monday or Tuesday mornings. My only hesitation is that it is for 18 month-3 year olds and although he is only 2.5, he thinks he is 5. He was already jumping off a huge block into the foam pit....backwards, so if the class is too baby-ish, he might lose interest. Once he turns 3, there is a class this fall that is 2 hours for 3-4 year olds over lunch...like a little gymnastics school one day per week, so I will look into that too.
I do have a confession. Growing up in gymnastics (when I was little...about 3-9), being in the gym immediately took me back to my youth and I really had to fight the urge to try something stupid on the equipment. I'm not foolish enough to think that I could ever do anything on the ground anymore, but heck...on a tumble track, I think I could still do a back handspring.... Brian just looked at me and knew exactly what I wanted to do, and thought I was pretty ridiculous. If only there was no one else in there... Hey, he has the same nostalgic ideas about how fast he can run or being able to play minor league baseball. The most ridiculous part is that all while I was thinking about how much I just wanted to try something...anything, I had a weird, inexplicable pain in my knee...without doing anything. Man, I hit 30 and I'm deteriorating already!
And since I'm being completely honest, I'll be a big snob and say that although the gym is very fun and great for Connor (home of the 2010 Trampoline National Champion!!), if we ever have a little girl that is interested in gymnastics, I would want to find more of a gymnastics gym with a full floor, more than one set of uneven bars and a vault...or whatever they call it now. Ok, that is enough of me being an elitist. :)
Oh yeah, one more funny note. Once again, Connor is learning/getting confused by homophones. Two days ago it was the two meanings of the word "train" and yesterday it was "Jim" and "gym". When we left he thought we were going to "Jim's house" which is actually our neighborhood clubhouse. Jim, the developer of the neighborhood offices out of there, so he recently started calling it Jim's house. I think he was pleasantly surprised that we went to the other kind of GYM. :)
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