Trying Gym Stars

James got to try Gym Stars again this week. It is the most timid I've ever seen him. Our adrenaline junkie must have been too overwhelmed to process it all in the first session. He came screaming down the hall when he saw me, eventually pulling himself a chair over to watch. He just observed for about the first 20 minutes.
Then he got a little brave, piece by piece of the obstacle. He bear crawled under the bridge and then practice donkey kicks (hee-haws) with his friend, P (who he misses so much in his room and can't wait to move up with her).

There was a 2nd session with much less kids in it and more kids his age. He was still apprehensive about getting on the mat, but it didn't take nearly as long. He loved to jump on the spring board and hop like a froggie on the mats and say "Oh NO!" when he fell on purpose. By the end of the session, one of the teachers got him to try swinging...then, of course, we couldn't get him to stop :-) Our silly monkey!

He was also a pro at the handstand station. He even reminded the teachers that the hands needed to go on the floor for the second session :-) James will try the class again next week to see if it goes any better before they fully enroll him -- I think he'll do great once he gets comfortable, then they're in for it! haha!