Race Across the Gym!

On Friday morning I took the boys to open gym time at Claude Moore.  I setup little challenges for them and they really got into "racing".  We started out easy and they'd line up on a red starting line, run across the gym to touch the bouncy house and come back.  Then I added some twists like "touch a particular color star, get in the bouncy house and jump 5 times, spin around" etc. before they could run back.  They were having so much fun playing this game that several other kids came over and joined in our racing fun.  Afterward, we walked over to the outdoor playground, had a snack in their favorite blue choo choo and then played in the melting snow.  They asked for a couple of the trains and trucks I carry in my diaper bag to see how well they drive in the snow.  Oliver found a little patch of ice to experiment with his truck.  After a really cold week, it was nice to get out in the sun and enjoy the slightly warmer day!