March 29

We headed to Parkettes this morning for Riley's gym class - his friend Sydney is in the class with him and they each have favorite things that they like to do. Sydney loves to use the bars, but Riley is more of a balance beam and jumping guy. I love his Parkettes class because every week there's either new equipment or a new activity for them to do. The staff definitely know how to keep the kids interested and engaged and it's so fun to watch them learn to do new things and develop and strengthen their skills.

Riley on the balance beam:

Riley loves to jump into these donut hole mats...

 Sydney working on her bars routine for the 2024 Olympics:

Riley trying the "bear walk" that Coach Sylvia taught him.

Riley in "the pit"

Sydney's mom, Keri, helping him with his handstand:

One of the new activities today was to use their bodies in different ways to pop bubbles - very popular with all the kids!

When we got home, Abe was doing some yard work - he's been spreading corn gluten meal over the grass (it's a natural weed suppressant), and Riley was pretty good at pushing the spreader!