Ninja Time!

Watch out! Julia and Ben are now practicing ninjas! We recently discovered a class offered at a local gym that offers the kids a chance to try out all kinds of equipment along the lines of what you'd find on the show American Ninja Warriors. There are rope walls, balancing boards, lots of different equipment to hang and swing from, climbing equipment, jumping platforms, etc. And they basically get to show up and try it all out. 

The instructor helps them a bit if they're not sure how to use a piece of equipment and they ask but otherwise he just lets them explore and use their imaginations and muscles. We've only gone a couple of times so far but it has been a huge hit with these two!

Here's Ben climbing the rope ramp. The first week he barely made it above the incline at the bottom. His second week he made it all the way to the top and rang the bell. Four times! Of course, I didn't get a video of one of those times but this one shows you the idea!

And while Ben was conquering the rope ramp, Julia was mastering a jump to a swinging driftwood bar. And she made it!

I'm pretty sure this class will be in our regular schedule next year!