The kids took a Gymnastics class through the town of Gilbert this spring. The class was one day a week for 8 weeks. The final class included a performance for the parents. Jeff even came down on his lunch hour to watch. As you can probably imagine, it was pretty adorable. The age range in the class was 2-5 year olds, though most of the kids were 3.5 or older. My kids LOVED the class, especially Adele. It is the first time she's asked about taking more classes after sampling an activity.
Lined up and getting ready to perform.
Their first activity, a bean bag dance.
Next, all the kids went to the bar to hold a tuck for a count of ten. Here's Gordon.
Here's Walter
Adele
Showing off their dinosaur walk
Forward rolls
The kids learned a set of moves called "Tuck, Pike, Straddle." Here they are in the Pike position.
I surprised the kids after preschool today by taking them to the Children's Museum of Phoenix. We've been one other time, so they didn't remember anything about it until we pulled into the parking lot. It was an amazing afternoon! The kids played nonstop from 12:30 until the museum closed at 4pm.
The first place we head is the giant climber. You have to zoom in to see the kids crawling on the right side.
Gordon climbing
Adele, just behind Gordon. The kids don't last long on the climber. They are usually ready to get to the other stuff after only a few minutes.
They LOVE this giant machine. The scarves go into the tubes are are blown through a maze and out the top.
Scarves at work
Another air-based exhibit. You build up the pipes and float ping pong balls on top. Adele played with this for a long time.
We headed up to the second floor and went first to the art room, which closes earlier than the rest of the museum. The kids first painted the giant dragon. Adele told me this was her favorite thing of the day.
Also in the art room are puppets and a puppet stage.
Making stamp-based artwork with little fish and coral.
The kids remembered this part of the museum and were asking about it from the minute we pulled into the parking lot.
Gordon riding his tricycle into the car wash.
Adele
The last stage....
This is right next to the car wash and is a lot of fun.
Gordon showing this in action. I love his dance at the end. That is classic Gordon!
Just showing the pure size of the climber.
We spent a long time at this grocery store section on the third floor. And the kids interacted a lot with other kids here.
Shopping
Adele picking up a few things
Gordon wanted to know who would help him check out. I reminded him that we sometimes do self-check out at the grocery store. He got really into that!
Adele playing with another little girl.
After grocery shopping, the kids had to go work in the kitchen. Here's Walter making me some pizza.
Adele and Gordon fixing some meals
Walter loved doing this. He probably could've spent a very long time here making his tubes more complex. He told me this was his favorite part of the museum.
MagnaTile fun
Adele on a motorcycle. Eek
We went back downstairs to climb until the museum closed. Gordon told me this was his favorite part today.
Well, it finally happened. After all these years of keeping this blog, I actually missed a month. April saw no blog updates at all. However, I took a bunch of photos, and a few videos, today, so I decided to do a post.
The Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center opened a few weeks ago. It is only open until 1pm, before closing to re-open at 4pm. I decided on this super-hot day, I'd send the kids to school in their swim trunks, pick them up a few minutes early, and go straight to the pool. It was a great decision. The kids had a blast! They ate sandwiches in the car on the way there, so they got straight into the water. It is amazing to see how they play now they are older and better swimmers. I'm already excited to take them back next Friday when they have a day off school.
Sweet girls
Excited Walter
Swimming Gordon
Snack break
Swim fun
Sillies!
A still shot from a video of Walter doing a cannon ball
