Henry has a "gym" class at the YMCA every Monday morning... its a Sports Sampler class that lets the kids try different things, before you sign them up for soccer and then after one practice they tell you they hate it (we've experienced this firsthand). Today's sampler: rock-climbing. True, not your typical activity, but it is the year 2007 and no one else in our household has gone rock-climbing, so this is a Ripple first for us.
He was pretty tentative at first and even said, "Mom, this is not a sport". Perhaps to dissuade me from letting him do it, or maybe he wanted to know who was winning or how you keep score or something. But he did go up a few times about 6 feet high and had fun coming down on the harness. (the whole wall was 2-stories high and one little girl was more than halfway up... she sure showed those boys how it was done!)
He ended up having fun and can't wait to do it again. They do offer a class for 3-5 year olds for rock-climbing, but can you imagine what your kids would be climbing up at home? (the banister, the bookshelves, the dresser, Maddie's loft... maybe I could permanently outfit him with a helmet.)
So next week is T-ball... something more traditional in the sampler rotation where you can keep score and get ranked among your peers.
2 comments:
Rock climbing is awesome! Anchorage has a huge population of climbers. We have a place called the Alaska Rock Gym that's about as big as a Costco warehouse full of anything and everything to climb. Good for Henry! It looks so fun- I miss it. You should try it. You might like it too, mama. : )
i always thought hen would reach for the stars...hurray for him...g
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