I just looked into gymboree classes and holy moly

[speckledfrog]

they are so expensive.  Or maybe I'm just cheap.   Or don't love my kid that much.              

[flipflopsandwine]

Yes they are. I've looked into them too but have a hard time justifying $80 for 5 hours a month.

[mamasaurus]

For me the issue is the time and location. I am not waking my kid up at 6 AM to clap her hands at songs! We can do that at home!

[flipflopsandwine]

Oops that should say 4 hours.. The app won't let me edit it

[litebright]

Yep. I do classes through the local parks & rec departments. Much cheaper and a pretty wide variety of stuff to choose from.

DD2 does an hour-long toddler class once a week and it's like $25 for a four or five week session.

[pugz]

look at your local parks and rec classes, they often have cheaper options.

We paid $160 for Kindermusik but it meets weekly from now until May.

[eb777888]

I did a bundle of classes. It was a little more than 80 but we got three classes a week, plus the free play which I really loved.

[flipflopsandwine]

Really, eb? That's awesome. The one closest to me which is the West Plano one was almost $80 for one class per week plus the free time. I haven't checked in a while so maybe they have some other options now.

[eb777888]

Okay, I'm going way back here, but I went to the Lewisville one and I paid for one class and it was like, $20 for each additional class at the most. Plus all of the free play time.

[speckledfrog]

I'll have to look into it. I'm dying at paying 20+ for an hour a week.

[eb777888]

But I didn't know you could get cheaper classes elsewhere, that's awesome, you should probably look into that instead :-) I only looked into the library storytime and S didn't do well with that at 18 months.

[psychmom]

We did gymboree for a year and enjoyed it. It was nice getting out with ds and I made very good friends. The price is steep but in the end I don't regret it.

[daisyheadmaizie]

Check out your library too. They often have free classes for you and your little one. Our library has story/music time two days a week and slips other random classes and activities in pretty often.

[Gato]

I liked Gymboree. For us it was way less than $20 a class, though. We also did the free play at least once a week, usually more, which was great during the hot summer months.

[Deleted]

We also do Kindermusik- the current class was $100 including "materials fee" for about 2 months of weekly classes. It's so fun and the kiddo loves it. It's offered through our local rec center.

[flipflopsandwine]

I haven't taken Clay to story time at the library yet. I didn't think he'd stay still but now that he's over 2 it would probably be ok.

Speaking of the kids, have you DFW ladies taken yalls to Legoland? We are planning to go on Friday.

[textbookcase]

Another fan of Kindermusik! We've been doing it since Keira was about 1 1/2 and we love it.

[gretchenindisguise]

We did local parks and rec in our old state.

Now we're with the Y. I learned when I went and talked to them, that I could sign up L for a youth membership without signing H and I up. The cost of the family membership was outside of our budget, but the youth membership was really reasonable. Now we get member prices on her classes, and we've been impressed with the ones she's taken thus far.