Thanks for all your Gymboree well wishes. Noob Baby wanted me to thank all you awesome mommies (and maybe some daddies) for your support. Hugs are on the Noob. Well, her new class went off swimmingly! She didn’t get stuffed into a tunnel, and the only diaper wedgie she got was from me. Sucka! Things were pretty similar to level… Read More

Noob Baby is graduating. Already. Since she started walking, it was decided that she should be switched to the level 3 play group at Gymboree. So today we will be attending that class. I’m wondering what to expect, since we’d already figured out the whole routine in her other group. Somersaults? Cartwheels? Roundoffs? And now that she’s one of the… Read More

One of the games we play at Gymboree is called Parachute. You may remember this from grade school: Pictured: Carefree kids playing Parachute. Not pictured: Terrified infants. Now, when you incorporate infants 6-12 months into the traditional game of Parachute, all bets are off. Parachute is no longer just a game, but rather, it becomes a three-phased contact sport. Well,… Read More

Noob Baby and I went to Gymboree yesterday. For those of you who don’t know, Gymboree is a children’s clothing store, but they also have Play & Music centers where kids get to terrorize one another, horse around exercise and learn “stuff.” These centers also appear to be Gymboree Corporate’s own little economic stimulus package during the recession ($74/month +… Read More