Emma and Gymboree
Emma is still a huge fan of her weekly Gymboree classes, which were a Christmas present from Gramma Bindert for this year. These days, Emma is in the "GymRunners" class, though she will be moving up to the "GymExplorers" class before the summer. This week's class theme was LOUD and quiet, and the teacher, Miss Teresa, handed out sticks so the kids could bang on things to see if they made loud or quiet sounds. Emma and Taylor seemed to prefer banging on the big, red bucket and making LOUD sounds to trying to find anything quiet to hit with their sticks! Emma really enjoyed doing her impression of Ringo Starr (or was it Liberty DeVitto?) which she also does at home, using two pot lids she grabbed out of the kitchen for cymbals. Speaking of Miss Teresa, she is Emma's favorite teacher at Gymboree and Emma will often go sit on Teresa's lap for song time and ignore Mommy's lap altogether! One of Emma's favorite parts of Gymboree remains Bubble and Parachute time. Emma loves to pop all the bubbles and to play under the parachute while the grown-ups shake it up and down overhead. Mommy doesn't think she'd ever be able to get Emma to leave the play area if it weren't for Miss Teresa giving out Gymbo stamps to the kids after each class. The stamps make a good incentive to get ready to head out the door for home and a nap. Now that spring is here, it is actually pretty sunny outside, so Emma and Taylor wore their cool shades on the walk out to the cars. Emma just loves Gymboree!
- posted by Heather @ 4:00 PM