Music Class

I just realized I hardly posted anything we have done all summer! In June/July, we signed Will up for his first class. It was a music, rhythm and dance class, with emphasis on lap sitting ;). Okay, so it really wasn't supposed to be lap sitting, and someone should have told the instructor! It was a very difficult 6 classes, but luckily Grammy Pammy came to all of them but one, which Grandma Mazur filled in for. Two adults to one squirmy little boy is still a tough ratio! By the end of the course, Will improved, but we still waited a few more sessions to resign him up for this class. He is not taking it again until late fall when it is too cold to play outside.

Here is my little guy. He looks big enough for preschool here :(
In the class, the theme was classical music. We listened to lullabies and old fashioned rhymes while doing movements on our laps (think bouncing him like a horse) as well as played with fun musical instrument toys from Gymboree.

Will's favorite part was the bubbles at the end of the class. Gymboree has a really neat bubble maker and awesome bubble solution. The bubble maker has five holes and blows out tons of tiny bubbles. The bubbles have to be about 80% cornstarch because they do not pop unless by fingers! We bought a set of these bubbles and still found some three days later unpopped!!

While Will made us sweat and got us a little worked up chasing him around and trying to get him to participate in the class like the rest of the kids, it was fun to see him improve and participate when he wanted to! He liked the instruments a lot and we got him some for his birthday, as did the Cottage Grove Schaefers. Hopefully by October, he'll be more excited to go to Music again!
We also signed him up for swim lessons at the Y and at the Rec dept, Oodles of Art, and a Little Movers class at the Y. Here's to "fun" structured classes! Wish us luck!