Gymboree Play class

Today was Audrey's second play class and she went crazy with delight. She was running and jumping and sliding and rocking (on the boat and rocking horse) almost non-stop. Even things I thought she wouldn't be too fond of - like sitting in the center of a parachute with 7 other wiggling kids while the parents pulled it in a circle - she tolerated (unlike quite a few of her classmates). She is also becoming more adventurous on the slides - she discovered the joy of sliding on her belly (feet first thankfully) today and spent a good 5 minutes doing that over and over.

Another really interesting thing is to watch how she tries to please the teacher. It really is remarkable how much she tries to get the teacher to smile at her and acknowledge what she is doing.

The last interesting tidbit - while Audrey was doing the "freeze" on the log (long air filled/ stuffed cylinder that the kids bang on to the music) standing right next to the teacher I was sitting on the other side of the log watching her expressions and another little girl lost her balance and fell right into my lap. So I talked to her for a minute and helped her back to the freeze log. Apparently, Audrey wasn't too happy with someone else sitting in her mommy's lap because she stopped doing the freeze and ran around the log and jumped into my lap with great concern. So I gave her a big hug and she went right back to the log, but she kept her eye on the other little girl for the rest of the game.