Young Athletes

This fall Gilby and the kids participated in a young athlete program through Special Olympics. It was a field test to help Special Olympics decide if they should use the program in other areas. Gilby went to a day long training and then he and the kids would do "workouts" three times a week at home. The activities were all predetermined and he had a guidebook to follow. They practiced things like bridges, backwards walking, standing on one leg, overhand and underhand tosses, jumping, etc. and had lots of obstacles to incorporate all of the skills. I have to give Gilby a lot of credit for sticking to the program so diligently. Myles was not the best participator at times, plus we moved and had a baby in the midst of it all...I would have given up. A couple weekends ago we went to a party in celebration of the participants. It was at a super nice fitness club and the kids had a lot of fun running around the gym with all sorts of equipment to play with. Hopefully we'll have lots more fun with Special Olympics in the years to come.