But it's for strength...

Parents sit outside the room...behind a plastic window...

Step in time...marching to the beat

Teaching them coordination

Drew is more interested in everything else around him

...particularly who is on the bars (his favorite thing)...here his buddy is on them.

But, look at Tyler's coordination! 'End to end with your sticks.'

Drew rolling

He is supposed to be jumping from one to the other and then doing the splits in the middle. I can just hear him telling everyone 'a bridge, I made a bridge.'

And...he's over it!

Tyler doing the jumping course. He just got done jumping various heights. You get to the top and you work on flexibility with a spread eagle.

Ok, so my boys loooove gymnastics! And they have now been in it about a year and a half. For boys, they say it builds upper body strength, flexibility, and coordination. It definitely has done that for them. But thanks to gymnastics, they do their best to mock it at home. I came into the living room today to find a mountain of all 3 bedspreads, all the cushions off the sofa, all the decorative pillows off the furniture, all 7 of my pillows, their 4 pillows, and 4 blankets. They were standing on the love seat arm and jumping into the pile having the best time ever! And I wonder why we get broken bones in this house!!