Tunnels...

Fender and I tried our first Gymboree session today and the theme was tunnels...excellent timing considering my "homemade" version at home earlier this week. :) Auntie L came over to play with us too. At the first tunnels, Fender was cautious and wouldn't venture through any until we made our way through the big one. After that he seemed more relaxed and never met a tunnel he didn't like. The most fun to me, was when they turned out the lights and we had been about to enter a teeny tunnel and the flashlight peeked his interest so much that the size didn't seem to matter after that. Intersting note, we learned that even at this age the hearing isn't fully developed and they don't hear in stereo like adults do, so we also tried out several noise makers inside the tunnels to help expose them to all sorts of different sounds. Gymboree was a lot of fun, but due to the closest location being an hour away, or more if the traffic is bad again like it was today, I don't think we'll be going to any more. :( So here are pictures of our boy at his first, and likely last Gymboree.
First, very wide tunnel.
 
Very small tunnel where we learned that flashlights trump tunnel size.
 
Listening to sounds and playing with lights in tunnels.
 
After the class was over, we couldn't keep him from going through yet another tunnel. :)