Ashley Alexander Morris

Review of Twigs Kids Gymnastics, Swimmin...

Full disclosure we were there just for a trial cla...

Full disclosure we were there just for a trial class so I can t speak for the ongoing atmosphere or long term effects of attending.

I took my 2.5 year old son and while he had an amazing time I had some concerns. There was no one at the front desk (or the lobby in general) to greet us and we were there a good 5 minutes before being acknowledged; we got there 15 minutes before class started. It smells strongly of feet and sweat. Viewing area was small only important if you re not in a parent-child class though. When we were asked to come into the gym they asked that we take shoes and socks off (or just shoes for parents) but the teacher still had her shoes on. There were ants around the shoe cubbies. Equipment looked clean and most seemed well-maintained but again, it smells like a gym. Miss Britney was really energetic and sweet she explained the circuits really clearly. There didn t seem to be a theme for the class. Theo took some time to become comfortable with Miss Britney and after a while he wanted to run around but she really encouraged him when he was walking on the beam. I was supposed to keep him more or less in the circuit which was hard not only because he wanted to be off running around but even with just a few kids in the class there seemed to be bottlenecks. My son s favorite part was jumping in the foam pit at the end. I should also mention that while there s a general Christian theme to the facility (the area we were in was called Noah s Ark and there were several religious quotes in the bathroom) that there wasn t any overt religious overtones to the class.

Overall the program itself scored a bit better for me than the facility.