Mr. Man went to a winter break camp that teaches kids to be aerialists and practice circus arts. He LOVED it, even though he grumbled about being the oldest kid in the camp. At the end of the week, he did a performance.
He started the show by effortlessly and slowly walking on this tube, juggling two fabric scarves. He never lost his balance at all. You should ask his other mother to upload the video.
Then he did a routine on the cube, with other children gradually joining him.
The tumbling portion included him very confidently doing a headstand.
There were pyramids (although I did worry about the little kids under his 75 pounds!) and other human formations.
Then came the trapeze acts! Coordinated to music! What I didn't capture was a cool move where he inverted his body high on the trapeze so he was upside down and held his legs out in front of him. Powerful core strength!
The show ended with each child doing individual acts. Mr. Man balanced an upside down stilt in his palm.
Mr. Man is very interested in continuing and is taking a class in the winter term with kids his age and older. When we went to enroll him, they told us he should start with Level 2 because he's very strong and agile. That's our boy.
Time to install the pull-up bar Santa brought him.
Each year, Mr. Man's school hosts a Student Presentation Day so that parents and family can come and learn from the students. This year, presentations covered topics like the Civil War, Bollywood dancing, several math principles, art lessons based on the work of Georgia O'Keefe and much more. Mr. Man's presentation taught us about determining the square root of large numbers.
