In Which Autumn Discovers Her Latent Gymnastics Gene

Yesterday we got to go to Olivia's birthday party! I think we've talked about Frank and Emily here before. Frank is one of Mike's best friends from childhood and he was in our wedding. It's crazy that we're all grown up with kids and everything, haha. Anyway, Olivia just turned 3 and they celebrated at the Little Gym. Autumn had a good time. A seriously good time. She hung upside down some.


Bounced a little.


Got smushed in a kid and bouncer taco.


But every single time she had a chance, Autumn headed back to her true love: the balance beam.


At first she went across with Mike holding her hand but after that she was all over that balance beam.


It was so funny, on one pass, Autumn totally fell off, bounced off the mat, and hit the wall. I know I shouldn't have but I laughed. She popped up and looked a little disgruntled but then she patted her head and yelled, "I AM OKAY!" Most of the time, though, she trucked on down, leaped off, and then did a front roll down the wedge crash pad at the end! Seriously, I'm going to have to get one for my kids' aikido class.


When she got tired, it was back to the beam for a rest. :)


Somewhere in between the balance beam and the party games, Autumn and Mike played some ball. I got this fun shot of Mike.


:) And the party ended with a hug for the birthday girl!


Don't forget to check out Passing Pinwheels to see what else we've been up to! I'm also hosting a self defense workshop in October. If you or anyone else you know might be interested, check it out!