Avery's Big Show at Little Gym

Avery had his big show on Monday at the Little Gym. Since it was a holiday, Grandma, Grandpa, and Eli were all able to come and watch. Even though we've been going for a year and half, these may be the first photos we have of Avery in class.

All of the parents and family members waited inside the gym area for the kids' big entrances. Each was called by name and had to do a forward roll and come sit down in the circle. When Avery's name was called he came running straight to me, overwhelmed by all of the visitors and extra attention.

It took several minutes to get Avery calm and willing to participate. What finally did the trick was when I thought to suggest he take Zachary along with him. Of course he spent almost as much time pushing, pulling, and wrestling with Zach as he did listening to the teachers, but it gave him the courage to do all the rest of the activities for the audience.





After Little Gym we went out to lunch with the grandparents. Everyone else in Loudoun County seemed to have the same idea because the first couple of places we tried were all packed. Finally we went to Lonestar Steakhouse. It's not the first place you might think to take kids, but the service was speedy, the food good, and the kids well behaved.