Category: Maddie

Yesterday I told you about Gleason’s Gymnastics. Today, I’ll tell you about IGM Gymnastics. This is another local gymnastics studio that lets the kids just run around. There were some things I liked better about this place than Gleason’s and some things I liked less.

First, this place has a HUGE bouncy house and slide! Maddie wouldn’t go in it, but she was a bit crabby. I am sure with time, she will love it! I really wanted to go play on it, but Dannie was strapped to the front of me and it just seemed like a bad idea to jump on it with her.

There were lots of things for the kids to play on. I know Gleason’s changes things around every week, but since I have only been here once, I don’t know what they do. But it sure looked fun!

Maddie isn’t sleeping in this picture, she’s trying to figure out how yet another thing works!

There was also a big floor with balls for the kids to play with, more balance beams, and even a little play area for really small kids!

Unfortunately, they only had two trampolines for the kids to jump on, which was kind of a bummer. And the foam pit was much smaller here. Maddie loves playing in that. And the other downfall is that it is $8 per kid no matter how many kids. Gleason’s is $8 for one kid and $10 for more than one kid (family price) which is nice. I’m not sure if IGM has a punch card like Gleason’s has, either.

Since they are only open on Fridays, I probably will only be bringing Dannie with me next year since Maddie will be in preschool on Fridays, so it won’t matter too much to me, but it may matter to someone else.

So there’s my run down of the couple open gymnastics places I have been to! You should definitely give it a try if you have kids! They will love it!

There’s a couple gymnastics studios around where kids can just run around and use the equipment. We have been going to Gleason’s and Maddie loves it. The first time she was there she was a bit skeptical, but she warmed up to it. By the next time we went, she was taking off her shoes and running to the trampolines before I could pay and get Dannie out of her car seat!

Maddie was fascinated to figure out how these bars worked. She is definitely Chuck’s daughter!

Maddie runs and runs and runs along this line of tape.

Maddie had a fun time with her friend playing with the foam blocks and then playing under the parachute!

I love that there’s a place for her to run around and have fun. Especially when we seem to have a winter that just won’t end! If you have young kids, I highly recommend checking out this place or seeing if there is a gym like this in your area!

Sadly, when I was there yesterday, I found out that there is only one more week of open gym this season. I’m kind of bummed, but I understand there probably isn’t very good turn out during the summer. But just an FYI if you were going to check it out. But….there might be another local option. I’ll tell you about that one tomorrow!

Tuesday and Thursday this week, I went to a local library. Turns out….I LOVE this library! There are so many fun toys and activities and they even seem to encourage kids to play in this library! Here are pictures from my two recent visits.

My mom met me at the library Tuesday and had fun playing with Maddie. They did puzzles and we had quite the puppet show!

Maddie discovered that dinosaurs are fun!

There was a little area that had a wooden boat and a bait shop. She liked looking in all the boxes. Although one of the boxes had a rope in it and she was scared of it because she thought it was a snake.

Then on Thursday, my dad met me there and we spent the time chasing her around since she already remembered where everything was. They even had a movie playing that we watched for a while.

The first thing she did was run to the computer and wanted the headphones on. She has never worn headphones before. She was just banging on the keyboard, but I thought the picture was so cute.

Maddie loved getting the blocks and putting them on the belt and making them drop into the container. What a fun toy!

Oh, and take note of the dinosaur stacked on top of the blocks in the truck. She was so proud of herself for that one!

Thank you Wescott Library for being so wonderful and helping keep a toddler busy for many hours!