Fantastic Gymnastic

Noah officially finished his gymnastics class mid July. Even though he had some "I'm too shy to stay" moments at the beginning of some of his classes, I think he may want to take some more gym in the fall. We'll see! Kevin and I sure had fun watching him during his first and last classes, since those were the only two where parents were allowed to stay and observe. I saw a lot of moves that he does at home on my couches and stairs. So I guess that it's a good thing that we brought him to a place where they actually have floor mats to cushion their landings and have a little delightful instruction!


AND... Noah ADORED his teacher, Miss Audrey. EVERY time she would call him up for his turn he would engage her in a short conversation about something before he actually does the task. You can see him do this in the videos below. SO funny.... He even does it when he's "running the gauntlet" and he climbs the stairs and is supposed to jump. He just stands there on the top step and chats for a bit... I'm glad that she was such a fun and patient instructor. :)

SO... without further delay... here's the little dude doing his stuff. Don't worry. The videos aren't very long.


THE CANDLE STICK HOP:




THE STRAIGHT LEG KICK:




THE BEAR CRAWL:




THE BELLY ROLL:




THE SOMERSAULT.... AND THEN THE FLOP!!!
(Yeah, Kevin and I love this one. What a cutie!)




RUNNING THE GAUNTLET - ROUND 1:




RUNNING THE GAUNTLET - ROUND 2:




I love how several of Noah's landings are actually "military rolls" or "spy rolls." To quote one of our favorite movies (see if you can guess which one!)

"What? No roll, Hondo?"
"How do you know I didn't?"
"You didn't, did you."
"They only roll in John Woo movies, not in real life."

I think NOAH would disagree!

.... Okay. Check out the reference here for more awesomeness.

Love,

A Proud Mommy
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