Here's Katie in the ball pit saying she's going to bust me up if I don't get her out of there pronto.
My solution is to ease her fears by plopping her cousin down next to her to make her feel safe. Doesn't seem to work at all, especially because fears aren't eased when the person who is supposed to calm you down is crying too.
So she tries her hand at screaming and quickly gets picked up out of the ball pit. I get the idea Katie doesn't really enjoy anything at My Gym and most things where way too advanced for her. So we don't ever go back.
Fast forward 2 1/2 years and someone gives me a groupon for a free month of classes and free play. Can't turn down free classes or air conditioned play time so we try our hand at My Gym again...And turns out she likes it!
You can't see it - but there are definitely smiles on these faces as they are buried beneath all the balls!
This time he's not screaming to get out - but screaming for someone to help him cover up completely!
Success! Don't worry - they eventually came up for air!
Even a face plant on the trampoline couldn't spoil her fun!
Bouncing away - she used to be terrified of trampolines but has recently warmed up to them. Check out all that HAIR!
A little hanging bar action too...Hang for a few seconds and then SPLAT on the mat!
And finish up the trip with a little quiet reading. Don't they look ready for preschool??
Doug took her back to an actual class the following Saturday and she loved that too. We will get 3 more free plays and 3 more classes so that's our strategy at beating the heat for the month of August!
2 comments:
Looks like fun!!! The pic of her face planting on the trampoline made me laugh a little!! :-)
Perhaps you could make a little $$$ by sharing this with the management of My Gym!They could post this in their PR dept since all of the pictures are awesome!!!
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