Gymboree Music

Our Munich Gymboree has opened all their classes to all their members for the months of July and August which means Will and I get to attend music class for free this summer! My mom and dad came along with us last week (We were doing a trial run using the bus so they could get there on their own the next day.) which allowed me to step back and take some pictures.


Once the drums come out, things get a bit more tame and focussed (as seen above). Normally music class consists of parents singing along while watching their children run or crawl around the room at will ripping musical instruments out of each other's hands. It's really kind of like herding cats and pretty funny to watch.
Otis is our young, energetic teacher. He's so great with the kids and really, really creative. I love the end of the class because when Otis pulls out his guitar it only means one thing: Jack Johnson! Who knew a Bavarian could nail any Jack Johnson song? Every Thursday afternoon Otis and Jack help quell my homesickness by reminding me of San Diego and California.

We hadn't been to music class in two weeks due to Will being sick, and it's so amazing to realize how much he changes in such a short time. In class, Otis was holding a musical instrument and Will wanted it. So he took off crawling across the class, straight for Otis. I'd never seen him do this in a class setting before! By the time he got there, the musical instrument had been put away, so I wondered what William might do. My little guy turned around in puzzlement, saw me waving at him across the room, put a huge smile on his face, and came crawling all the way back to my arms. That's Mama's boy!