Yesterday Jacob had his first official Little Gym class.  We decided to enroll in Little Gym classes for the summer instead of swim classes.  It's been so hot outside and after our morning workout with Stroller Strides, being in the sun for another 45 minutes was not fun.  He likes his swimming lessons, but I think he will enjoy the Little Gym a lot more.  We had quite a busy day though.  We started the morning at 8:30 for Stroller Strides.  It was a bit cooler than it has been, which was nice for mommy.  Jacob definitely woke up on the wrong side of the crib.  He was a little stinker when we were home getting ready to go.  He didn't even eat all of his breakfast (pancakes...he usually loves them).  So we got in the car and drove to the park.  He was whining almost the whole time we were there.  Then the final straw...while I was on the ground doing our ab work, he threw a car at me and hit me on my forehead...oh, I was not a happy mommy at that moment.  So then we were off to swim classes at 10:30.  He was crying a little in the car on the way there.  I was debating on whether or not to even go to swim class, but since this is our last week, I didn't want to cheat ourselves of the good money we spent on the classes.  So we got there and he was still crabby.  Everything was "NO"  He didn't even want to ride on the big fish that he usually loves riding on.  When Miss Tracey asked if he wanted to go on the fish, he shook his head and said "no."  Even Miss Tracey was surprised about that one.  So after being in the pool for 30 minutes and having a tough time with it, we finally got out and made our way home.  He fell asleep in the car and slept for 3 hours when we got home.  I think the little stinker was tired! 

He woke up in such a happy mood (FINALLY!!!).  We had to go to Costco and the whole time I was pushing him in the cart he was giving me hugs and kisses.  I LOVED every minute of it.  In fact I wanted all the other people in the warehouse to see my loving son giving me hugs.  It's such a rare occassion that he is a good boy for an entire shopping trip and being so loving to boot!  I was such a happy mommy at that point!

Later, Nani and Papa came over for dinner.  Daddy BBQ'd some chicken and while he was cooking it, Jacob was outside with him playing with his T-ball.  The two of them were so cute.  After dinner we headed over to Little Gym.  nani and papa came to watch his first experience.  When we arrived he was looking into the gym just waiting for them to open the door.  Once the door opened, he was so excited he didn't even know what to do.  He was standing in place moving his feet.  I think because he didn't know what direction to take his body.  It was hysterical.  He loved being able to explore the whole place.  He did okay when it came time to following directions too.  He actually sat on the red mat when Miss Melissa asked him to.  He also walked on the balance beam and did a somersault on the cheese mat.  I think he really like doing the somersault because he must have done about 10 of them while we were there.  When he was done with one, he would throw himself into the position that he landed in almost as if to say, let's do it again.  He was good about following directions to lift his hands to the sky and then touch his hands to the ground and then to look at his tummy before he rolled over.  All I can say is that it was so much fun to watch him.  When they brought out the bubbles he went CRAZY.  He was so excited he even bumped into the wall and bounced off it.  He sat there for a few seconds not knowing what happened, but then he saw the bubbles and forgot about apparently hurting himself.  

So what started out as a bad day turned out to be a great day for all of us.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!