Back to School

Now is the time of year that many kids are going back to school. My son is starting his second semester at a place called The Little Gym. It's basically a place full of mats and different gymnastics apparatus.

During the summer was the first time that he started going and he sure loved it. He was in the younger class (6 months-18 months). He was one of the older kids and the biggest. He really enjoyed his time, but wouldn't do some of the things that we wanted him to do. We wanted him to be adventerous and take risks, with the help of the mats to catch his falls. He was apprehensive though, which was odd because my son is all BOY! Today was the first day of his new class, the older class (18 months-2 1/2 years). He is still only 16 months but the teachers think he's ready for the older class. Boy what a difference. He was watching those older kids run around, scream and take risks and immediately he did the same. It was amazing to watch. He was climbing and following and studying the way they were acting.

It made me proud as a mother to know that I was taking a risk by putting him into a new class with different people that I don't know. I was apprehensive going in, like I'm sure he was. But when I see that my decisions make an impact on his development positively, all those worries are worth it. After all, our job is to ease those falls with mats and cushions, right?