WW: French Braid

Storytime

I started taking Audrey to storytimes when she was around 4 months old. The libraries here are amazing and tailor their storytimes to certain ages beginning with birth. The first class we went to was for newborn to 12 month olds and we met friends in that class that we are still friends with! I also took her every Wednesday to a storytime that was for 5 years and under. It was a large age range but the format of the storytime was singing, guitar playing, puppeting and overall just move your body kinda storytelling. Audrey loved it!

It was at this rowdy storytime that I began to first notice Audrey's outgoing personality. Once she began to crawl, she would leave me at the back of a room that was about 40 feet wide and full of dancing, singing toddlers to crawl to the front to get as close as she could to the storyteller who was singing and playing his guitar. Once she started walking, she was singing and dancing right along with all of the other children. As soon as we got there and her feet hit the floor, she was off!

Since Clay stayed home with us for a week in January and got to see all the fun stuff we get to do, he wanted to take Audrey to storytime this weekend. He didn't get to go to this particular one when he was off so he really wanted to see how she acted there.

We got there right on time but because it is so popular, we had to sit in the very back. I knew that wasn't going to bother Audrey! She'll just go right on up front with him!

The storyteller extraordinaire getting warmed up...

Audrey getting warmed up.....

Oooh, he brought out a cat!

Let me go, Daddy!

That's all it took. She was gone from us from then on. We eventually had to move to the front in order to watch her! It was hilarious to hear her call, "Mooooommmmmyyyy, Daaaaaddddddyyyy!" out from among all those children. Once she'd make eye contact with us, she was good to go sing, play and dance!

The lady with the green and white bag had a snack for her little boy. Audrey *almost*  stole it from her but she noticed Audrey was there at the last minute and quickly hid it. :)

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Do you see her in this picture? She's in the back beside the trash can.

I think the momma to the right was tired of me taking pictures of her and her baby! :)

The last time I went to this storytime, I went with a friend and her two little girls. One random lady said, "She's busy, huh?" and another said something about her being a bit "wild". I like to describe my sweet little girl as being outgoing, joyful and a tad rambunctious. Maybe... a little "busy"... she certainly keeps me "busy"!

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Toddler's Creed

Audrey had a slumber party this weekend with just one little girl as her guest. Our friends,  The Hannahan's , came up for a conference and stayed with us. It was a lot of fun watching the girl's play. Ellie is two weeks younger than Audrey so they had lots of things in common. I think the following poem sums up the weekend...

Toddler's Creed

by T. Berry Brazelton.

If I want it, it's mine.

If I give it to you, and change my mind later, it's mine.

If I can take it away from you, it's mine.

If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.

If it's mine, it will never belong to anybody else, no matter what.

If we are building something together, all the pieces are mine.

If it looks just like mine, it is mine.

We enjoyed having the Hannahan's stay with us-- we especially enjoyed the good food they brought with them! Audrey now has a new favorite food-- Turkish Apricots!?!?!


 

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Stay at Home Daddy!

Clay worked crazy hours all during the holidays so when things slowed down from warp speed to light speed at work, he took some time off. He will be home with us all this week and we are so excited to show him the "ropes".

Yesterday we spent the morning at the zoo. Clay LOVED playing with Audrey and seeing her reaction to the animals and all the people. He loved it so much I accused him of "hogging" her. He denied it but I'll let you decide from the pictures!

They picked up a gazillion rocks, sticks and "seed pods" and played with them the entire time we were there. Audrey is becoming more and more interested in the animals each time we go but the rocks still win her interest the most!

Mommy was there! Here's the picture to prove it! :)

After the zoo, we headed to Zoe's for lunch. Audrey loves their chicken salad and so do I! We then went to the Botanical Gardens and let her run what little energy she had left out! It was a fun day!

 I probably should have just titled this post, "Daddy/Daughter Day with Mommy Tagging Along to Photograph!". :)

Today, Audrey went to MDO and Clay and I went on a date! Then I went shopping and he brought Audrey home. She's now napping and he's gone to get a hair cut! Storytime and Kindermusik tomorrow, then home for Clay to hunt the rest of the week.