Today we went to an open gym at Pinnacle, the gym where Joshua and Clara go for gymnastics. Their school offered it today as a free perk for students and their families, and it just happened to be the one where we go for lessons. Joshua was excited to show off his different skills that he's learned, including here where he's on the parallel bars and rings.
The gym is used for gymnasts of all ages, so they have all kinds of equipment. Joshua was also very excited to do some of the things he doesn't get to do in his class, such as to jump off the vault into the foam pit.
Of all the available equipment, though, Joshua loved playing in the foam pit the most. Clara enjoyed it too, but not for as long as Joshua did.
The giant trampoline was also a big hit. And I was proud of Hannah, because even though she's not in gymnastics she wasn't afraid to try different things like the balance beam and the mini parallel bars.
Parents were allowed to use all the equipment as well, so I took advantage of it by getting in some time on the trampoline track and in climbing the rope all the way to the top, the first time I'd been on one of those climbing ropes since I was in elementary school, maybe?
In the evening we went over to Mom and Ron's to celebrate Grandpa's 85th birthday. We had some great food and a really good marble birthday cake. This was a great example of something we were able to do as a family because they live here in Olathe that wouldn't have been possible if they were still in Iowa, so we were thankful to be able to celebrate it together.
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