Archive for January 31st, 2009
After a month-ish long break, gymnastics started up again for Ava and it was not a moment too soon to provide us all with a time and place to release some 22 month old energy. Ava clearly remembered what this place was all about and was so excited to get back into all of the jumping and running about. She continues to love, love, love the balance beam and asked for more every time she had to get down from the big beam to give others a turn. She freaked out (slightly) once when they introduced a new activity of holding on and swinging Tarzan-style from a rope. Only one of the kids in her age group (18-24 months) thought it was a good idea so we politely applauded and I let Ava happily skip that activity and amuse herself by crawling through a tunnel.
(Side note: the parent in line behind me kept yelling at her kid to hurry up. Don’t know why – it’s not like we were in a race or anything. Do you know how disconcerting it was to hear Andale, Andale at top volume the WHOLE time we were there? I really wanted to tell her to relax. Then when the kids were on the vault (little teeny baby vault) it was Arriba, Arriba. Argh. Mom – chill! This is supposed to be fun, not competition.)
Ava’s gymnastics class is run by a neighboring city’s parks and rec department so there are a couple of age groups that utilize the gym at the same time. Abby, who is just a little bit older than Ava, is also taking a class there. She and Ava aren’t in the same group but we’re in the gym at the same time so we can hang out before and after (and probably during once parents stop coming as we get further into the classes). It was so good to see them. It’s sad to say that even though we live only a few minutes away from each other and we keep up via blogs/email that we haven’t seen each other since last summer. Now we have a built in playdate (sort of) and after seeing the girls together we WILL have to get them together more often so they can build a relationship. Let me tell you. The cuteness – it was unbearable.
You can see for yourself.
Catching up on the gossip, I guess.
Holding hands – my heart melted.
Precious!
We said they had to go Bye-Bye – so they told us Bye-Bye!
See, I told you the cuteness was just too much for words.
More pictures on Abby’s page. Go see them here.