Sweet Yet Sour

Recently I signed Anna (and I) up for some classes at our local community center.  We’ve already had two good snow storms this year and without a park to go and play at, Anna and I are both going a little stir crazy.

On Wednesday mornings we have “Abrakadoodle” art class.  It’s 40 minutes long, which I’ve discovered is about as long as Anna can take being in one room.  Every week we learn about a different artist and then make pictures in a similar style.  The class is for kids aged 22 months to 3 years and since I snuck Anna into it, she’s the youngest, but she does fine anyway.  I took pictures last week of Anna working on the Jasper Johns type project:

Anna's art

Then on Thursday mornings we head to Tumbling Class. This is our second time taking this class; we took it during the summer with three (!) sets of girl twins and one poor boy who seemed afraid of all those girls. There are different classes for each age group, so all the kids are around the same age.  This time, even though I scheduled Anna in a completely different day and time slot, we are still with two of the same twin girl sets (they are all really cute with nice moms) and again one lone boy (but a different boy this time).

Tumbling class is essentially the kids running free in a padded room with gymnastics equipment that is lowered down.  There is some brief sitting for songs, but the teacher isn’t a stickler about the kids being seated for it and generally Anna is not the only one wandering around instead of singing along with “Wheels on the Bus”.

Hanging from anything is one of Anna’s favorite activities and there’s plenty of opportunity for that at Tumbling class.  First Anna can hang from the single bar:

Hanging from the bar

When she gets bored of that Anna can hang from the rings:

Anna on the rings

There are also uneven bars, a trampoline, a balance beam and padded tunnels.  We love tumbling class!  I think if we can afford it I may sign her up for it all winter long, Anna definitely loves hanging around in class!