Big Gym Little Gym

Today I took Finley to The Little Gym in Middleton. It's a kids gym and they have a "Bugs" class for 4-10 month old babies. We were invited to join a friend for the day who takes her daughter there weekly for the "Bugs" class. Finley enjoyed it, though it was a new experience and sometimes he gets overstimulated with a bigger groups of people. There's lots of stretching and practicing crawling and walking and the best part for Finley was definitely the bubbles. He loved trying to get the bubbles. Guess we have to get some bubbles next time we visit Target!! It was just a fun little time for the babies and parents alike. I am not sure if I will sign up for the class (that goes till June) because I don't know if we will be able to go every Wednesday but they do offer more classes as the kids age so perhaps in the future!
After our morning at The Little Gym, Finley and I headed to the "Big Gym", or the YMCA. We were able to get a free family membership due to Nate being deployed (through Military OneSource). They offered free family Y memberships last time Nate was deployed and I took advantage of it then as well. We actually were members of the nearby YMCA several times over the last few years but recently haven't been due to time constraints and other things going on. It feels GREAT to get to work out again. Since having Finley I have not had much time for myself and with Nate's getting ready to deploy and Finley being so little yet, workouts just didn't fit into the schedule. The YMCA offers a great free Childcare center where Finley goes during my workouts. So far he seems to do wonderful and I get a good report- he actually naps there too! I also hope to do some fun stuff with Finley at the Y as he gets a little bit older too. They offer great programming, just renovated the entire facility and are about 5 minutes from our house. You couldn't ask for much more!! I am trying to make this part of our daily routine to visit the Y. It's good for me to workout and be healthy and for Finley to get some exposure to other kids and babies. Win-Win!!