Fly girl

On Monday nights Grace participates in a toddler "gymnastics" class at a place called Flytz. You can check them out here. Her class consists of some songs to get the kids moving and to stretch, and then three segments using different mats and gymnastics equipment (bars, balance beams, trampolines, etc.). The teacher, Miss Amy, does a quick demonstration (mostly for the parents) and then lets the kids try. She walks around observing and trying to give each child some individual attention. Grace is certainly not the most skilled or the best listener in her group, but in the 4 weeks she has attended I can see an improvement. We have four more weeks to go for the second summer session and I signed her up for 10 weeks this fall. If nothing else, it is great exercise and good for her balance, self confidence, and muscle development. I don't expect her to become a gymnast...for now we are just having fun!You can't really tell from this picture, but this is a horizontal bar positioned parallel to the wall. She was holding the bar, facing the wall, and then she walked her feet up the wall. Grace is getting the idea that the next step is to kick her legs over to flip!