Little Gym Celebration and Swim Lessons

Last week was a pretty full week for us, at least as far as activities goes. Cayden had swim lessons at the Swim Ranch for the second year, and then on Wednesday he had a Little Gym Celebration. 

Cayden isn't normally in social settings because he stays with my cousin - so it's not like he interacts with other kids his age on a regular basis. After joining Little Gym last summer, we decided to continue the classes for the school year to give him something to do. He LOVES it! He gets to run and play, sometimes follow directions, and hangout with other kids. Last week was kind of like an end of the school year party. 

He has never been unsocial. It may take him five minutes to warm up to a stranger, or someplace new, but after that he's usually good to go. Doing this once a week, he knows what the routine is, so the true social bug can come out. 

For the celebration they loosely went through a typical class so that family members can see what happens. Cayden just ran around as usual. 

 Giving the teacher a High Five.

 Climbing skills.

 Running skills.

 Medal Ceremony. He was not impressed. As soon as she put the medal on, it came off - and he was off and running again. 

 Millie was impressed with the medal. She snatched Cayden's away, and then they decided chairs were fun to play on. 

 A Group Photo of 2 year olds. HILARIOUS!!! It was one of the funniest things to watch. Cayden plopped down front and center - and while others were crying, running, escaping, or cheesing it up, he just sat there waiting. Without his medal - because he couldn't be bothered to put it on.  

Stamp Time is probably his favorite. He gets one on each hand and foot. So, four total stamps. He likes to show them off as well!
At the celebration they also had a professional photog there. I can't wait to see how those turn out!! Heath wasn't very impressed with the skeleton shirt Cayden wore for them! HA!

Back to swim lessons: No pictures. Thank goodness! At least for my part, no one needs or wants to see that. Cayden did great. He's pretty good at climbing in and out of the pool on his own, and better this year at kicking. We don't take the class thinking that he will be a swimmer anytime soon. It's really for peace of mind, and so he can get used to being in the water without freaking out. Not that he ever has, but hopefully the repetition of them will keep this from happening.