Are we having fun yet?

We signed Libby up for a Tumble Bee gymnastics class. It's supposed to help develop motor skills and things of that nature. It's a 30 minute class - the first 15 minutes the kids are supposed to go through an obstacle course and then the last 15 minutes they work through stations. One station is a ball pit, one is a trampoline, a few are some toys on the floor and so forth. Libby really doesn't like the class much at all yet. We've been 3 times. The first time she cried and wouldn't do anything but go down the slide. The second time she did some of the obstacle course while crying and screaming, sat on the trampoline without crying, and played in the ball pit while crying a little bit. The third time was much like the second. I'm hoping by the 7th week (the last week) she might actually enjoy herself a little bit. The obstacle course is very overwhelming to her but I still make her try to do some of it. Her teacher says that he's seen kids that cry through several sessions of classes before they seem to enjoy themselves. I guess he thinks Libby might be one of those kids. We did get a few decent pictures of her at class though.


Libby is trying to escape from the ball pit. That's really all she does while she's in it. But she doesn't cry too much. And this last time, she didn't cry at all - she whined a little but no tears.


"This ball is good! It almost made me forget I'm trying to escape."


She likes to crawl around after the balls on the trampoline. She sat still for a little bit and the teacher bounced her which she really liked and then didn't want to get off.



TLA