Our Little Beast

Back in November, I decided to sign Fenn up for a class at The Little Gym.  They call his age group 'Beasts'.  I'm going to keep this simple and just say this child absolutely loves going to The Little Gym.  And to make it even better, his friend from school, Ella Kate, is in the same class.  He seems to talk about Ella Kate much more than any other friend from school.  Whenever we say something about going to Little Gym, Fenn says, "EK go Little Gym."  {Somewhere along the way, the teachers at school started calling Ella Kate 'EK' to simplify it for the other kids.  But I have been trying really hard to break Fenn of that habit.  I know Ella Kate's mom really wants her to be called by her actual name instead of it being shortened to initials.}  And Fenn can say her name quite well!
.: Swinging on the bar.

.: Nice dismount!

.: Playing with his friend, Ella Kate.

We even have our own song about Little Gym.  Dan made it up to the tune of 'Jingle Bells'.  And Fenn sings it all the time.  It goes...

Little Gym, Little Gym, we like Little Gym...
We get to tummmm-ble and do somersaults, Hey!
Little Gym, Little Gym, we like Little Gym...
We get to tummmm-ble and do somersaults.

Climbing the rock wall, sliding down the back...
Unnnn-even bars, jumping on the mat...
Playing with our friends...
Hanging from the rings...
What fun it is to jump and play at Little Gym today...
Ohhhh....

Little Gym, Little Gym... we like Little Gym...
We get to tummmm-ble and do somersaults, Hey!
Little Gym, Little Gym... we like Little Gym...
We get to tummmm-ble and do soooo-merrrrr-saultssssss!  {big ending there!}

.: This next series of photos is from the uneven bars with the teacher, Mr. Todd.  Fenn loved doing this!

.: Check out Ella Kate in the background {pink shirt} of this next one.  She's airborne!  She's fearless... that's why Fenn likes her so much.  Well... one of the reasons.  She's pretty cute, too!

.: Future little 'Beast'.

.: If you'll notice, Fenn is swinging his arms side to side here.  Right after I took this photo, Fenn knocked Boone up-side the head.  Boone didn't even flinch!  Guess he's getting used to it.

So anyway, last night was their 'graduation' and that meant Dan and Boone got to come along and watch.  The kids got to demonstrate some of their new skills.  And at the end of the night, they had a little ribbon ceremony.  {Sorry for some of the bad photos.  I was using my "not so great" zoom lens that I would like to replace with a better one.  This one doesn't do so great in low-light/bad-light situations.}

It has been lots of fun taking Fenn to Little Gym, just the two of us.  It is our special thing we do together one night a week.  He loved it so much that we signed up for the new semester.  And Ella Kate is in this class, too.  Fenn calls her "My EK!".  So sweet!  {Her mommy might have something to say about that.}