new class

this past winter/spring, boden has been taking a motor-movement class at the rec center, his 'new class' as he calls it. it has been so good for him. we have seen him take greater risks and develop in his large motor skills. he has also enjoyed it a ton! maybe more than anything else we've had him in. the last day, the parents were able to come in for the end of the class where they go thru all the centers they worked on. SO fun to watch!!! some of these pics got out of order, but i don't feel like rearranging them. also, i have a video that didn't load. i'll try that on another post. enjoy!

boden with miss darla, the teacher for the class!

jumping off the high mats!!! those of you that know boden, know what a big deal this is! now he wants to climb and jump off everything!

standing proud, waiting to jump!

so hard to keep heidi from getting in on the fun! good thing there was a lounge for the parents.... though, i was constantly running after her as she would steal all the other kids toys!

daddy stopped by during his work so that he could see boden's final 'new class.' boden sure loved having daddy there to show off for!

getting his certificate and ribbon from miss darla. (heidi got ahold of the certificate in the car and got it all crumpled. boden was pretty upset, but then decided he'd just throw it out when we got home. almost tried to talk him out of it, but thought - if he wants to throw stuff out - which he is usually pretty good at- i don't want to try and breed keeping everything! )

there's heidi again! into everything! at home, at school, at play!!!

boden on the balance beam. i said how he likes to climb and jump now.....well, that pales in comparison how he wants to walk on every curb, low wall, etc!!! look how happy he is!!! :)

all the boys in his class. there were 7 boys, an 8 child limit. this was the only class-two mornings a week- that had just all boys. i'm glad he was able to be in this class.

after each class, miss darla would give them a different stamp each week. truly a highlight for boden! every monday, boden could not wait till daddy came home so he could show him his stamp! he got to show it to daddy early this day, but was still excited for daddy to come home to show him again :) most mondays, the ink would end up somehow getting smeared on his face. each time, i couldn't figure out what was on his face and how it got there....mom must be a little slow....especially when the ink on his face looked very similar to some sort of picture.... :)

boden's favorite thing each week was the trampoline, with the tunnel being a close second when miss darla had it out. also in the picture, is a boy named bode (pronounced bodie). a couple winters ago we had this same bode in a library class we took. didn't seem to phase boden in the least. never even talked about it. thought maybe he didn't notice, thinking the teacher was just talking to him. he'd never talk about him outside of class like he did some of the other boys. but, on the last day, we saw bode downtown when we were driving past, and he says 'look there's bode with his sister, mom, and grandma. nothing gets past him' :)