Jonah's Party

Here are photos from Jonah's party.  This first one shows the tumble track better.  I'm not sure how long it is- 20 feet, 30 feet?

The rope is for climbing but swinging on it and dropping into the pit is fun, too!

Coach Kira got the parachute out.  They are playing Sharks and Minnows.  One child is under the parachute and tries to pull the others under.  There is a "Lifeguard" running around the outside trying to keep the "shark" from pulling the "minnows" under.

I took this picture and then couldn't help myself.  I jumped off the beam I was standing on, put the camera down and crawled into the middle of the parachute.  The kids were all screaming and didn't know what was going on.  It was fun!!!  hehehe

Jonah's cake.  13??  Already??

And this last photo needs some explaining.  I love gymnastics.  I haven't been able to really do anything in a LOOOOOONNNNGGGGG time.  So I took the opportunity and had fun doing it!!  I even did a 1 1/2 flip into the foam pit!  I didn't get brave enough to try a back handspring, though.  I know my back isn't flexible enough yet.  Someday.  :-)    When the parachute came out, I thought getting to a higher vantage point would be fun to get some photos from.  I had been goofing around on the lower beams and found I still have really great balance.  So I thought, no problem, just jump up on the high beam and shoot photos from there.  Yeah, I'm not 16 anymore.  I straddled the beam, promptly lost my balance, rolled to one side, wrapped my leg around to try and stop myself and ended up flat on the floor anyway.  It was HILARIOUS!!!!!!  The resulting bruise- not so much.  It covers about half of my calf.  There's a smaller one higher up but you can't really see it in the photo.  The colors are even prettier now that it's been a week!!!  I did succeed the 2nd time I tried getting up.  Lessons learned are great!!