Gymboree

"Mom & Me"

"What is this bouncy thing?"

"Mom watch me shake my shakers!"

"This is Brett who reminded me of Tripp...He was so cute!"

"Don't worry mom...they wash these first!"

"Mom can you put this in your purse for me?"

Yeah! We finally made Grymboree. I have to be honest that I was a little afraid because I thought God didn't want us to go since we kept having to reschedule due to a mom with no sense of direction, ER visit, and the SUPER bug which managed to attack everyone Nola came into contact with.

Despite all of that, we went anyway. There were 4 girls and 2 boys from 6-10 months, everyone with their moms. Right away Nola started squealing to see other kids and when I put her down she went right over to the other kids to hug them....a little aggressively...one started to cry. I started talking to a few of the moms, one of which lives in my neighborhood that I didn't know ..all who LOVED Gymboree. They really made me feel comfortable...even though I screamed NEWBIE right away when I walked in with my camera. We sat in a circle with a young bubbly teacher singing tons of songs and stating the objectives for each activity. Nola kept crawling after one boy who reminded me of Tripp. He was crawling all over the place...I guess that's why his mom was so skinny.

Overall, Nola seamed to love Gymboree. I started to panic however, when COMPETITIVE MOM kicked in and I felt sad that all of the other kids new exactly what to do and they were clapping and laughing the whole time and Nola was kind of like what is going on here. All of the other moms knew all of the songs and the moves and I didn't. I can definitely see Nola flourishing in this atmosphere, but of course I feel guilty that I can't take her during the week and I can't justify spending $70 a month for 4 times. I definitely think we are going to sign up for the summer and I want to try one more place before then. So, we'll keep you posted!