So on Wednesday we went to Baby Bookworms at the Farragut Library. On Thursday we went to Mother Goose at Cokesbury and then to Books and Blooms at the UT Gardens. Today we went to Baby Bookworms at the Bearden Library. We ended up doing all of these with Amy and Caitlyn.
Baby Bookworms on Wednesday was fun as always. Carter sat on my lap for a few rhymes and behaved well he rest of the time. Carter kept sitting next to me and pointing to the floor on the other side of him trying to get Caitlyn to sit with him. She did several times and every time she'd lean over and kiss Carter on the nose or mouth. Hopefully he's not contagious!!!
Carter and I are still really enjoying the Mother Goose program. However, it was a lot more crowded this week since kids are now out of school. A lot of older kids came along and participated in the activities which led to several close calls where the little ones almost got plowed over.
One of the activities was playing with feathers. I think Carter saw one of the other moms tickling her kid on the belly with a feather because I caught Carter doing this ...
One of the other activities was banging hollow plastic tubes on the floor that were different lengths to make different sounds. Neat idea, however, they weren't the best idea in a room full of toddlers. Caitlyn and Carter were sword fighting with theirs at one point!
After Mother Goose, we drove down to the UT Gardens for Books and Blooms. Carter and I went to this program a lot last summer and fall. They've changed it up some this year and it's not as good. And it was insanely crowded. There were well over a hundred kids there (maybe even 200). Instead of having a craft like they did last year, they just give the kids a coloring page. There were so many kids there that we ended up giving our scribbled on sheets to another mom when they ran out so her kids could color some.
Instead of doing the entire program in the mini-amphitheater in the shade, the program was split up into three locations. The coloring station was in the shade but the story station and song station were under 10x10 tents so most of us stood in the sun. It was so hot and crowded that the kids didn't pay attention at all.
So Amy and I let Caitlyn and Carter wander around the Gardens most of the time.
Carter really liked this wind chime near the coloring station ...
Carter got super dirty at the Gardens and I had to strip him down to just a shirt for the car. A bunch of wipes cleaned him up well enough for us to meet Brian for lunch (as well as a spare pair of shorts). The heat wiped Carter out and he passed out on the way to Brian's office.
Today Carter and I met Amy and Caitlyn at the Bearden Library for their Baby Bookworms program. Amy had heard it was good so we were willing to give it a try. It was different than the one we normally go to but still pretty good. At the end the kids got little maracas to play with and the guy leading the class walked around with a bubble maker. Carter liked this part the best.
Carter and Caitlyn have been holding hands a ton the last few days. They will walk between Amy and me, holding our hands and each others. It's so cute. I asked them to hold hands to try to get a picture of them doing it, but, of course, they wouldn't cooperate once the camera was out. This was the best I could get ...
Caitlyn is only 2 months older than Carter and then I'm about 2 months further along with baby #2 than Amy is with her second. Hopefully our kids will continue to be good playmates as they grow!
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