First train ride and Gymboree

I've decided to increase Tobey's weekly activities to include another class (as he gets bored easily) either another music class or playgroup. A few days ago, we went for a trial Gymboree gym class. It requires a short train ride from where we live. Tobey's first :)

OK...is this a very long car mummy...hmmmm

Are we there yet?

The class was just like his usual music class, except that they have this fascination of Gymbo the clown, louder music and several structures which proves to be quite fun for kids. There were several elevated "bridges", slides and huge foam balls, cylinders and various other forms. It was a structured play gym class, with singing involved. Other kids there were "season pros" , so they know what the itinerary, and what to expect. Tobey was just lost in it all. He wasn't interested in following the rest, just enjoyed exploring the new things surrounding him. He was like a boy in a sweet shop.

Mummy, I need my socks off please, else I'll slip!

This is so cool!.. Can we have one of this at home?
Helllloooooooooo........

I didn't really like feel of the franchise. First of all, no personal touches, it's like "woohoo, we are all having a fantastic time for an hour and oh! times-up goodbye" and no more talk about how your kid is progressing, see you in the next class, not even another glance. No sales pitch either. I hated it. It feels cold. Maybe it's because it was the last class of the day and they were all tired. But it wouldn't kill them to just "sell" me the class for 5 minutes. Anyway, hopefully we'll have a better Gymboree branch once we move to Cambridge.