As you know, Koji is taking a gymnastics class. Tonight was his fourth class. He loves it! As soon as it's over, he starts asking when we can do that again. A week is a long time in the life of a two-year-old, so I just tell him soon...here he is with his girlfriends Chloe and Ashleigh. They're "making pizza".
This is called "making a table" though it looks more like a crabwalk. May not seem like a big accomplishment, but then again, wouldn't it be hard for you to lift your rear end off the ground if you had an inseam of about 10 inches and you were wearing a diaper?
Though it's a bit hard to discern, this balance beam is actually only six inches or so off the ground. Koji has fallen from greater heights and bounced, but for some reason, the balance aspect of things brings fear into him, which then brings in the intense concentration you see here. Who says two-year-olds can't focus?
Koji's friends Chloe and Ashleigh are a bit more daring than he is, so they got kicks out of hanging from the top bar of the uneven bars and then letting go and dropping down to the mat. Koji would have none of that, in fact, he didn't even seem to notice what they were doing. His game was bringing his legs up and over the bar so he could rest there on his hips and then swing back down to a hang. But note, none of the above can be accomplished without him howling "HYELP!" and then me doing most of the work...are we having fun yet?!
I think so.
1 comment:
This is my favorite of all 8 posts that you posted today.
Love the focus. Wow, he is giving it his all.
Thanks for the great pics and stories.
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