Aurora Wells

Because it’s not enough to title a kid’s gymnastics class, “2-3 year olds” they give them cutesy names like the one above. However, I like this particular name for two reasons; one, Aurora really thinks jellybeans are, like, totally, the best dessert; and two, gymnastics is almost completely about jumping on the trampoline for her. The climbing and the hanging from the bars and the rolling and stuff are all the crap she has to get through to get to the trampoline part of the circuit, which she never wants to leave.

We had some difficulty at the start of our session, because we arrived late, and hungry, and I really tried to push her to participate. I was ready to quit until I realized that this was a great opportunity for me to learn how to “handle” Aurora, just as much as an opportunity for her to get some exercise & learn some new skills. I still have trouble remembering not to grab her and make her do the things she’s “supposed to” do, but now we always come early and eat lunch in the lobby before our class arrives. If she’s the first one there (and well fed), she’s much more comfortable, and a tiny bit more bold about trying new things.

I didn’t want to take too many pictures in class, mostly because I need to spot her when she’s hanging on monkey bars & such, but I took a couple in the lobby beforehand.

Perhaps the oddest look of concentration I’ve ever seen (she’s playing with a bead-and-wire toy on a table).

We also got a chance to visit the Chilliwack Wellses last Saturday, and drop off all the baby essentials that we could cram into our little car. Brian has the crazy idea that if there was an emergency in the middle of the night, that you should be able to make it to the front door of your house without falling over anything. Now that Jim & Lori have a cradle, glider-rocker, and boxes of toys and bedding, we can make it through the house without quite so much trouble. I now understand the pleasure Jenn and Vanessa took in unloading truckloads of baby stuff for us before Aurora was born!