Gymnastics

Kevin got up by himself early this morning which is rare (he’s not a morning person). Last night, I had promised him that if he did his whole morning preparation for school and had extra time, I would play Othello with him. I had bought the game yesterday and he was eager to learn/play it. Sure enough, he had an extra 10 minutes to spare, so he and I were able to play a partial game.

Justin had speech class with the grad student as his teacher today. She focused on the letter ‘L’ with him. He has a tendency to say the sound ‘W’ instead of ‘L’ (i.e. ‘wittle’ instead of ‘little.’) He did as was told and kept sticking his tongue out with each word to make the ‘L’ sound. He did very well.

After class, we went back home to pick up Brian, and the three of us went to a nearby sports center for a one hour gymnastics class. It was our first time, and the boys had a fun time. They ran and jumped on the balance beams, the trampolines, the spring floors, the donuts, the inclines, the sponge pit, etc. They probably enjoyed the sponge pit the most - an 8 ft. deep pit filled with colorful square sponges. They would slide in on an incline, then ‘swim’ their way to the edge, climb out, and slide down again.

After about 45 minutes, Brian was tired and ready for a nap. He lay down on the spring floor and just rested. Justin called him to play with him in the sponge pit again. Brian did, but he was so tired that he could barely ‘swim’ out of the sponge pit. I had to pull him out, but at that time class was over. It was a fun and active hour of exercise and fun. We’ll definitely be going again soon.

In the evening, Kenton made a DVD of the video clips that I took of the boys during the gymnastics class. Brian was still awake, so got to watch the videos. As soon as he started watching, he said very excitedly, “Me. Me. Me.” He insisted on watching the video clips over and over again.