More Proud Parent Moments

We talk about how at The Little Gym you have the opportunity to feel pride in your child each week.  Well this week, I felt a ton of pride in my son.  My son, Blaise, has been in The Little Gym programs since my wife and I became owners of the gym 4.5 years ago.  Our nanny brought him to classes for the first few years, and he joined the Funny Bugs class by accident when she brought him to the wrong class time.  He was already three but with his temperment, we thought it best to keep him in a parent-participation class for a little longer.  He ended up doing great and we kept him in the Funny Bugs class.

This week was a week of the next transition.  Blaise turned 6 last month, but due to other committments, he couldn't join the grade school "Hot Shots" class until this week.  Like his sister, he was very reluctant to join the "big kid" gymnastics class.  He's probably going to do the all-boys Tuesday class, but this week, he came on Wednesday to the co-ed 4:15pm Flips & Hot Shots class.  And he did great!   He kept up with the other children in class, was beaming as he ran around the gym in the warmup, going all-out.  And the other boys welcomed him into the class. 

I loved it!  As a parent, there is nothing better than that feeling of pride in your child.  It's a very strong emotion.  This week we allowed parents into classses to watch a portion of class.  It was enough, for me, to get a good dose of pride... which translated to ice cream after class for all.  :-)  I hope you were able to get a good dose of pride in your child or children this week!

Happy handstands,
 Teacher Ron