Busy, Busy, Busy

The best word to describe Emma is busy...she really doesn't stop all day long and sweats non-stop even if everyone else in the house is cold. Emma loves to "exercise" and especially loves butt lifts...they really aren't butt lifts, but it is the funniest movement you have ever seen a 20 month old perform. She breaks into "exercises" that she sees her mama do a few times a week, but Emma's movements resemble the inappropriate and awkward dance from "Little Miss Sunshine". Emma has a fondness for kickboxing and downward dogs...her downward dogs are pretty good. Last night we were going through one of her picture/word book focusing on the movements page and we got her to do a supported handstand and an almost back bend. Emma thought the back bends were hilarious and got to giggling so hard, she really wasn't in one, but kept asking to get into back into back bend formation just so she could laugh.

The rain is driving us nuts, we have had practically no outside time in 2 weeks now. We try to do as much as we can to get Emma burning energy everyday without the benefits of sunshine and grass under her feet. We have been "exercising", dribbling/passing balls, and marching around in circles through the kitchen, sunroom and family room. Emma's coordination is spectacular...not that I have any other children to compare this too, but she is already able to dribble the ball and she is jumping, albeit clumsily. Our Little Gym session ends June 4th and we will move onto swimming for the summer, then re-enter the next grade up at Little Gym in the fall. The next level up they focus on more gymnastic like activities and I'm excited to see how she takes to it. She is able to walk across the balance beam without missing a step unless she becomes distracted. Once she realizes people are watching her, she wants to ham it up and her balance is gone because she is showing off her smiles and looking at everyone.