
Parachute!
The photos from this set are somewhat blurry - I'm still experimenting with my birthday camera (thanks, Kedar and Ellen!). I tried to shoot this on the high-speed 'sports' setting with mixed results. Some of the images have a rather artistic flair, if I do say so myself, but overall they're not the best.
So I'll try again next week, but in the meantime this is Logan's weekly sports class that he takes at the Keva Sports Center in Middleton (the best place in the nation to live, according to Money Magazine). It's a class for 2-3 year olds, and each week they participate in three different sports. At the beginning and end of each class, Coach Tracy brings out a brightly colored parachute for various games - and this is without question Logan's favorite part of the class. He'll run to the middle of the field yelling, "Time for parachute!" well before it actually is time.
This week, the sports were golf, hockey and football, none of which has yet seemed to gel with Logan. He much prefers the serious running sports (namely soccer and basketball). He's not so much into the "stick" sports - golf seems to just outright bore him, and hitting a ball with the hockey stick without being able to do some major sweat-inducing running - well, that holds his attention for all of two minutes.
Logan is a runner in all senses of the word. If there are running sports involved, he screeches with glee as he runs around the field and works up a major sweat. What he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer enthusiasm.
So last Tuesday he wasn't all gung-ho about the sports, but he was very thrilled with the stamp on his hand that Coach Tracy gives out at the end of each class, and he got the usual picture of a hockey goalie that he could take home and color.
Except that he spent the rest of the morning peeling the paper from the crayons and pretending they were M&Ms rather than using them for their intended purpose.
Oh, well - if he's learning what he likes to do and having a great time in the process, we all come out winners.
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