Gymnastics {Take 2}

Thankfully after the 1st lesson Sawyer has happily participated in his gymnastic class with no tears. He is always excited when we get there. Then as we walk down the hall he becomes shy and cautious. So I walk him in and find his name tag and carpet square. Then I remind him I will be back soon and he lets me leave. He never participates in the warm up/stretches. He simply sits and watches. But when they get up to do the activities he is all in.

He loves the trampolines, bars, jumping, and balance beam. He has learned how to do a proper somersault (I didn't realize there was a specific technique :) Thus far he has been able to perform everything they do. And he usually sits and waits his turn very well. There has been a definite improvement from the 1st lesson a month ago.

Here are a few pictures of his activities. I apologize these pictures are bad because I am very far away. This will be more for memories sake than quality photography. It can be like a game of Where's Waldo?...or Sawyer in this case.

stretching or scratching his bum...such a boy

hanging on the parallel bars

hanging upside down all by himself

 Practicing his "vault" technique

walking on the balance beam, the kids even did this backward

jumping on the trampoline

And my favorite part when he runs upstairs after the lesson and excitedly tells us what he did