So Summer has hit South Florida. We are coping (and not so well I might add) with the horrible hot and sticky weather and the three o'clock torrential downpours everyday. Earlier this week God gave Lorelei her very own pool as our backyard flooded. We are now just keeping our fingers crossed and praying very hard that there are no hurricanes (I know, I'm not supposed to say that word!) this season.
Last weekend was Lori's last gymnastics class for the Spring and then I went ahead and signed her up through the summer. She has so much fun and gets so excited, I can not help but want her to keep going. Here are some pictures Catherine took for us:
Lorelei is a monkey bar queen.
She holds on to the rings and swings until her little arms can not hold on anymore.
Once she falls and lands on the mat she jumps up and points to the monkey bar again. She grunts at you until you put her back up there.
And I'm so proud of her, there are no tears when she falls!
At her very first class she learned forward rolls.
Now she is big enough to practice her rolls on a balance beam. This one is very close to the ground so she doesn't fall off.
She is so little still I have to help her flip her bootie. She can't kick over yet.
She has gotten very good at staying on the "big girl" balance beam. She will only walk about halfway across before she quits though.
This is a "Mommy and Me" class, but half the kids have both their mom and dad there, a quarter have just daddy and a quarter just mommy. So, usually, Bryan and I both take her to gymnastics. Here Bryan is trying to hold onto her as she waits her turn for the big trampoline. Patience is not a virtue my child has learned yet, so it is hard to hold onto her squirming body.
Once her name is called she runs to the middle to practice jumping. She can not get off the ground yet, but she bounces her bootie and tries really hard. Here she is bouncing!
We are excited about our trip in the next couple of weeks up to Wisconsin for the fourth of July and Great-Grandpa's birthday. I can't wait to see everyone and to meet Kim's newest little one!
